# Amputations at Terex South Dakota
> OSHA SIR `2023076119` · 7/10/2023 · WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Terex South Dakota
- **Location:** 3140 15th Avenue Southeast, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57201
- **NAICS:** 333923
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead jib hoist to align parts to assemble an outrigger stabilizer. The parts shifted and pinched the tip of the employee's left little finger in a hole. The fingertip was amputated.

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