# Amputations at Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010170` · 1/5/2018 · MONROE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc.
- **Location:** 1051 W. 7th Street, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a part on a jig for welding when the part slipped out of his hand and crushed his left middle fingertip, resulting in an amputation.

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