# Amputations at MAC TRAILER MFG. INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015031571` · 3/30/2015 · ALLIANCE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tool parts, accessories, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MAC TRAILER MFG. INC.
- **Location:** 11599 COMMERCE STREET, ALLIANCE, OHIO, 44601
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working inside a trailer with an approximately 7-foot-long tube. The tube is used to straighten the walls of the trailers and has a detachable base. The tube slid down the trailer wall, and the employee's left pinky finger got caught between the tube and the detachable base. He sustained an amputation injury from his first knuckle and was hospitalized.

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