# Amputations at Valiant Integrated Services
> OSHA SIR `2019010884` · 1/24/2019 · FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valiant Integrated Services
- **Location:** 2180 11th Street, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, 71459
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a forklift driver position the forks behind a vehicle to be picked up. The forks were raised, and the employee's right thumb was crushed between them and the vehicle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*