# Amputations at Clean Venture, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018054649` · 5/15/2018 · ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Clean Venture, Inc
- **Location:** 36 Butler Street, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07206
- **NAICS:** 562112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping another employee lower a lift gate on a truck. His left hand was on the edge of the lift gate when the latching mechanism closed, catching his left pinky fingertip and resulting in an amputation.

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