# Amputations at McAtee Paving dba Simon
> OSHA SIR `2021054123` · 5/20/2021 · OGALLALA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Shovels
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McAtee Paving dba Simon
- **Location:** 201 East 2nd Street Suite C, OGALLALA, NEBRASKA, 69153
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear asphalt from a tailgate latch. He had used a shovel to pry the gate open; the shovel slipped while his hand was between the tailgate and the truck bed, causing a fingertip amputation.

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