# Amputations involving bone loss at Firestone Enterprises Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024087275` · 8/8/2024 · LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by door, gate, window
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Trucks  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Firestone Enterprises Inc
- **Location:** US-30, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee exited his haul truck to close the tailgate and noticed some stones he was hauling were trapped between the truck bed and the tailgate. He pulled up on the tailgate to free the stones. He then pushed the tailgate closed and his left hand was caught between the tailgate and the latch. The employee's ring finger was amputated.

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