# Amputations at Doe Run
> OSHA SIR `2016109410` · 10/5/2016 · BOSS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Doe Run
- **Location:** 18594 Highway KK, BOSS, MISSOURI, 65440
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was using a sledgehammer to drive a launder pin out when the sledgehammer struck his left pinky finger, amputating the fingertip.

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