# Amputations at Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087235` · 8/4/2016 · CATOOSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc.
- **Location:** 5850 Arkansas Road, CATOOSA, OKLAHOMA, 74015
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to load a truck of emulsion. While he was lowering the stairs, the truck's loading arm drifted, catching his hand between the loading arm and spring mechanism. His ring finger was partially amputated.

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