# Amputations at Dexter Axle Company
> OSHA SIR `20201110810` · 11/14/2020 · EL RENO, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dexter Axle Company
- **Location:** 500 S.E 27th Street, EL RENO, OKLAHOMA, 73036
- **NAICS:** 336350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking axles. As he tried to insert a spacer/peg and move a hoisted axle, the axle crushed the tip of his left index finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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