# Amputations at United Road Midwest
> OSHA SIR `2023043277` · 4/12/2023 · FAIRFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Road Midwest
- **Location:** 5676 Dixie Highway, FAIRFIELD, OHIO, 45014
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing up their trailer before going to their next job. The employee's fingers were inside the loading bar area when the sliding metal ramps struck his fingers, resulting in amputations of both middle fingertips.

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