# Amputations at Mountaineer Gas Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022021208` · 2/8/2022 · ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountaineer Gas Corporation
- **Location:** 1300 Cole Ave, ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26241
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right ring finger was crushed in a closing truck tailgate, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

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