# Amputations at Proficient Auto Transport, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065859` · 6/17/2016 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Proficient Auto Transport, Inc.
- **Location:** Norfolk Southern Railyard, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32210
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up his truck to be loaded. As he was stepping up to set up the first position on the tractor, his hand wrapped around a tied-down chain. When he stepped down from the truck, his right ring finger was caught between the chain and a prefabricated hole on the overhead truck ramp, amputating his fingertip.

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