# Amputations at Kenworth Truck Company
> OSHA SIR `2021075933` · 7/20/2021 · CHILLICOTHE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kenworth Truck Company
- **Location:** 65 Kenworth Drive, CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, 45601
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting the 5th wheel onto a truck body. A hoist moved and its hook caught on the 5th wheel. The employee's left index finger was caught in a bolt hole and the fingertip was amputated just below the nailbed.

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