# Amputations at Kenworth Truck Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043665` · 4/24/2017 · CHILLICOTHE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kenworth Truck Company
- **Location:** 65 Kenworth Drive, CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, 45601
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to align a bolt in a front disc brake when he dropped the bolt. The employee went to pick it up and his right index finger slipped inside the bolt hole. The hoist was activated at the same time and the employee's index fingertip was amputated.

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