# Amputations at ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC
> OSHA SIR `2021075959` · 7/20/2021 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** ALTEC INDUSTRIES INC
- **Location:** 2106 S RIVERSIDE RD, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving upper booms when their right hand was caught in a pinch point between the hoist hook and the lifting attachment, resulting in a partial amputation of their thumb.

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