# Amputations at Sheet Metal Werks, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019065711` · 6/6/2019 · ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sheet Metal Werks, Inc.
- **Location:** 455 E. Algonquin Road, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60005
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was emptying scrap hoppers. The employee released the latch so the hopper can dump into the dumpster. The employee placed his left hand on the fork attachment point of the hopper and when the emptied hopper moved back into the latched position his gloved, left hand was caught between the hopper and the attachment point on the forks. The employee suffered a left ring finger amputation.

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