# Amputations at Dells Material Company
> OSHA SIR `2023098239` · 9/7/2023 · DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Dells Material Company
- **Location:** 24663 475th Avenue, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57022
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a chain that was caught between the gate and box of a truck. After the chain was removed, the gate closed, catching the employee's right index and ring fingers between the gate and the box. Both fingertips were amputated.

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