# Amputations at SPARKS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020010784` · 1/24/2020 · BOWLING GREEN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SPARKS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTING, LLC
- **Location:** 17972 Pike 281, BOWLING GREEN, MISSOURI, 63334
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving silo panels when his left thumb was caught in a pinch point between a jib and a strap, resulting in a left thumb amputation.

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