# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at TLG Peterbilt - Joplin
> OSHA SIR `2025032585` · 3/18/2025 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Engine, motor, and mechanical parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TLG Peterbilt - Joplin
- **Location:** 4044 Coyote Drive, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A service repair technician was installing a heavy-duty truck flywheel when it fell. The employee went to catch it, and their right middle fingertip was caught between the flywheel and the concrete floor. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip.

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