# Amputations at U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE
> OSHA SIR `2017065799` · 6/23/2017 · SALTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE
- **Location:** 8301 HWY. 521, SALTERS, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29590
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was trying to lift a dock plate when a truck backed into the dock plate gate, pinching his left ring finger in a gate hinge and amputating his fingertip.

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