# Amputations at READINGTON FARMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016075936` · 7/1/2016 · WHITEHOUSE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** READINGTON FARMS, INC.
- **Location:** 12 MILL RD, WHITEHOUSE, NEW JERSEY, 08888
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a truck when the dock plate did not extend completely. As the employee pulled it out to extend it, his finger was caught between the plate and the trailer, amputating his fingertip. He was hospitalized overnight.

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