# Amputations at E & J Specialty LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077739` · 7/29/2019 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** E & J Specialty LLC
- **Location:** Bannister and 435, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64130
- **NAICS:** 238330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a cart onto the access floor with another employee. The second employee dropped his side and the injured employee could not hold the weight by himself. His left ring finer was smashed between the cart and the access floor, resulting in a partial amputation.

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