# Amputations at Thurman Transportation
> OSHA SIR `2016065408` · 6/17/2016 · CLEBURNE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Thurman Transportation
- **Location:** 4001 Hwy 67, CLEBURNE, TEXAS, 76031
- **NAICS:** 481212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a trailer gate air ram. A pin was too small for the arm of the ram, so the employee attempted to remove the pin. When the pin was removed, the ram moved and amputated his right-hand middle finger.

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