# Amputations at Prince Minerals, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088237` · 8/11/2019 · LEESBURG, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Prince Minerals, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Pemco Drive, LEESBURG, ALABAMA, 35983
- **NAICS:** 327212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a trip hopper. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the forks of the forklift and the trip hopper, causing an amputation at the first joint.

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