# Amputations at TIME STRIPING
> OSHA SIR `2015041816` · 4/7/2015 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TIME STRIPING
- **Location:** 5439 ARKHOLA RD., VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking a trailer up to a truck with a coworker. The hitch got stuck; while attempting to unhook the hitch, the employee placed his hand on the hitch. The coworker lowered the trailer, and the employee's right, third fingertip got amputated after getting caught between the hitch and trailer. He was hospitalized.

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