# Amputations at Musselman and Hall Contractors
> OSHA SIR `20161211425` · 12/7/2016 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Musselman and Hall Contractors
- **Location:** 4922 East Blue Banks, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64130
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unhooking a trailer from a tractor when his left hand was caught between the trailer and tractor, amputating his left index fingertip at the first knuckle.

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