# Amputations at Matheson Tri-Gas
> OSHA SIR `2019011030` · 1/29/2019 · CLINTONVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Matheson Tri-Gas
- **Location:** 250 Spring Street, CLINTONVILLE, WISCONSIN, 54929
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee had just finished delivering gas cylinders to a customer. As the employee was folding the lift gate on the truck to put it away, their left ring finger was pinched between the lift gate and the ramp resulting in amputation below the first knuckle.

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