# Amputations at Tenneco Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098980` · 9/28/2023 · SEWARD, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Tenneco Inc.
- **Location:** 1111 Izzak Walton Rd, SEWARD, NEBRASKA, 68434
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing an air check on an articulated dump truck when their finger was pinched in the clamping mechanism on the lift assist. The employee's right middle finger was amputated above the distal interphalangeal joint.

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