# Amputations at ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. DBA THOMAS H
> OSHA SIR `2017109537` · 10/4/2017 · CLIFTON HILL, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. DBA THOMAS H
- **Location:** 5693 HIGHWAY F, CLIFTON HILL, MISSOURI, 65244
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move an axle from one tripper line to another using a chain fall when the axle flipped and caught the employee's left hand between it and the rail, amputating the thumb.

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