# Amputations at Thompson Truck & Trailer, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021599` · 2/15/2018 · STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes, wheels, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Truck & Trailer, Inc.
- **Location:** 23940 Moline Rd., STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right small fingertip was caught between the tire rim and axle housing resulting in a partial amputation/open fracture to the distal phalanx.

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