# Amputations at Target Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `20191010284` · 10/1/2019 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Target Distribution Center
- **Location:** 4502 Old Union Road, TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training on how to operate a forklift. The employee's finger was caught and crushed against a fixed metal rack. It was later surgically amputated.

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