# Amputations at VM Innovations, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043663` · 4/17/2018 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** VM Innovations, Inc.
- **Location:** 3400 Industrial Rd, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17110
- **NAICS:** 454113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received left index, middle, and ring finger amputations above the middle knuckle when his hand was crushed between a dock plate and the forklift frame. The forklift had fallen between the dock plate and the trailer when the truck pulled away from the dock.

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