# Amputations at KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO.
> OSHA SIR `2019087918` · 8/1/2019 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO.
- **Location:** 5830 SW DRURY LN, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66604
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning cement off an end dump trailer's tailgate latch. The tailgate closed, pinching the employee's left ring finger between the gate pin and the latch and amputating the fingertip just above the nailbed.

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