# Amputations at Ideker, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087347` · 8/11/2023 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## 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:** Ideker, Inc.
- **Location:** 4614 s 40th St., SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An Ideker, Inc. employee had been helping spot trucks that were dumping rock on a jobsite. The employee was working to dislodge a rock that was stuck between a dump truck bed and the tailgate. The tailgate shut on the employee's right thumb and fractured it. The employee also had a fingertip amputation.

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