# Amputations at Smithbridge Guam, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098289` · 9/25/2021 · YIGO, GUAM
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithbridge Guam, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Chalan Padiron Haya, YIGO, GUAM, 96929
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning excess material off the back end of a dump truck when the truck's tailgate closed. The employee's right middle and ring fingertips got pinched between the tailgate and dump bed, resulting in amputations.

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