# Amputations at Thompson Tractor
> OSHA SIR `2015108101` · 10/29/2015 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Tractor
- **Location:** 3550 Joe Mallisham Pkwy, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was changing the track pads on a Caterpillar D6 and caught the left pinky finger between the track pad and the roller resulting in amputation of the left pinky finger at the first digit.

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