# Amputations at Journey Group Companies
> OSHA SIR `2018099587` · 9/17/2018 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Journey Group Companies
- **Location:** 4500 West 58th Street, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57108
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A spreader chain was holding a tailgate open. The employee pulled the chain out while the employee's finger was between a box and the gate. The tailgate then smashed and severed the employee's right ring fingernail and index finger at the distal joint.

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