# Amputations at Dunlap & Kyle Co, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032413` · 3/22/2021 · BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Dunlap & Kyle Co, Inc.
- **Location:** 280 Eureka St., BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38606
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were lowering a dock plate to the floor. One employee's left hand was caught between the plate and the floor as the plate dropped. The employee's index fingertip was crushed and was later amputated.

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