# Amputations at Big Sandy Superstore
> OSHA SIR `2019077467` · 7/22/2019 · CHILLICOTHE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Sandy Superstore
- **Location:** 1404 N. Bridge St., CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, 45601
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a one-person aerial lift onto a trailer and securing the lift to the trailer with a come-along. A hook from the come-along came loose from its attachment point on the trailer. The tension from the come-along cable ratchet system caused the hook to fly back toward the employee, striking and injuring his left thumb resulting in medical amputation of the thumb tip.

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