# Amputations at South Shore Pools, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211387` · 12/6/2016 · OAKDALE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** South Shore Pools, Inc.
- **Location:** 81 Commercial Ave, OAKDALE, NEW YORK, 11769
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a trailer to the ball of a truck. His finger was in the coupling when the trailer came down and amputated his fingertip.

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