# Amputations at LAKE CHARLES COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2021053728` · 5/5/2021 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** LAKE CHARLES COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
- **Location:** 2401 HWY 14, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding the flip plate up on the trailer lift gate. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the flip plate and the lift gate platform and partially amputated.

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