# Amputations at JX Truck Center - Peterbilt of Wisconsin - Waukesha
> OSHA SIR `2023032790` · 3/29/2023 · PEWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** JX Truck Center - Peterbilt of Wisconsin - Waukesha
- **Location:** 820 Silvernail Road, PEWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53072
- **NAICS:** 423110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a melted airline on a power take-off (PTO) drive line U-joint. He was holding a razor blade in his left hand and the airline in his right. As he put pressure on the airline with the blade, the blade shifted and cut through both the airline and his right middle finger, resulting in amputation.

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