# Amputations at Murphy Hoffman Company
> OSHA SIR `2017021022` · 2/1/2017 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## 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:** Jacks
- **Secondary source:** Transmission-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Murphy Hoffman Company
- **Location:** 8660 I-70 Drive, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65201
- **NAICS:** 423110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the transmission in a one-ton truck using a jack. The transmission shifted and the employee's third finger on the right hand was crushed between the transmission and the jack resulting in a partial amputation of the finger above the first knuckle.

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