# Amputations at MID-AMERICA TRUCK CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019077065` · 7/12/2019 · STREATOR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** MID-AMERICA TRUCK CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1807 N. Bloomington St., STREATOR, ILLINOIS, 61364
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a ramp into the body of a box truck. When the ramp was pushed into the body of the truck, his left thumb was pinched between the ramp and the cross members of the box truck. The thumb was amputated from the middle of the nail.

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