# Amputations at BNSF (Dodge City)
> OSHA SIR `2021086412` · 8/1/2021 · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** BNSF (Dodge City)
- **Location:** 488-1298 East Trail Street, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 482111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was loading material into the bed of a boom truck with a tag line on one end. An employee was steadying a bundle of I-beams as they were being hoisted onto a boom truck. The load shifted and pinched his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

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