# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Meade, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076235` · 7/11/2024 · MIAMISBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Meade, Inc.
- **Location:** 170 Monarch Lane, MIAMISBURG, OHIO, 45342
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the cap from a cam lock on a vacuum truck's water line. When the cap was loosened, water pressure blew it off. Rings on the cap cut the employee's right index finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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