# Amputations involving bone loss at Elemental Supply
> OSHA SIR `2025088610` · 8/28/2025 · IMPERIAL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Dump trucks
## Employer
- **Name:** Elemental Supply
- **Location:** 1408 Willow Dr, IMPERIAL, PENNSYLVANIA, 15126
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to drop the tailgate on a rented dump truck. His right thumb was caught in a pinch point between the tailgate and a retaining chain. He suffered a partial amputation to the thumb, past the last knuckle.

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