# Amputations at MICHAEL KENNEDY CONSTRUCTION, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015118779` · 11/19/2015 · LETONA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** MICHAEL KENNEDY CONSTRUCTION, LLC
- **Location:** Jobsite is a gas well pad, LETONA, ARKANSAS, 72085
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a dump truck and another employee was outside the truck attempting to shut the tailgate. The tailgate was stuck open and the employee was pulling on the tailgate trying to get it unstuck. As the employee pulled on the tailgate, the truck moved forward and the tailgate shut on the employee's hand resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.

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