# Amputations at BAXTER VAULT COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20181111996` · 11/21/2018 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BAXTER VAULT COMPANY
- **Location:** 801 Baker Blvd, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a chain to attach to a hook on a hoist. The employee's finger was pinched between the chain and the hook, and the tip was torn off.

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