# Amputations at Veritas Steel LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087981` · 8/18/2017 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Veritas Steel LLC
- **Location:** 2800 Melby Street, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 18, 2017, an employee was leveling a yard and dumping rock from a dump truck bed. While attempting to close the tailgate, the employee discovered a rock was lodged in the tailgate. The employee lifted the tailgate, which released the rock. The tailgate then came down and pinned the employee's right index finger against the dump truck bed. The employee was hospitalized and the finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

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