# Amputations at Croell Redi-Mix, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20190910127` · 9/27/2019 · NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Croell Redi-Mix, Inc.
- **Location:** 135 N Ridge Circle Drive, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, 69101
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to free a chain from the end gate of a truck. The gate slammed shut on his left middle finger, amputating it.

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