# Amputations at RCL Components, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032645` · 3/17/2018 · HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Loaders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RCL Components, Inc.
- **Location:** 3155 Industrial Drive, HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI, 38632
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing folding wings from the bridge of a loader when the folding wings fell and hit his left thumb, causing a partial amputation of the thumb tip.

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