# Amputations at Dealers Choice Auto Auction Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018099940` · 9/25/2018 · GALESBURG, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Dealers Choice Auto Auction Inc
- **Location:** 2763 N Seminary St, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, 61401
- **NAICS:** 423110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 25, 2018 an employee was checking fluids in the engine compartment of a vehicle when a gust of wind blew the vehicle hood off of the hood strut. The hood then closed on the employee's left hand, resulting in a left middle finger amputation.

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