# Amputations at Dhillon Transport, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021258` · 2/8/2017 · WALTON HILLS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dhillon Transport, Inc.
- **Location:** 7307 Young Drive, WALTON HILLS, OHIO, 44146
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a tractor with a blow gun when the gun's air pressure removed the bolt. The employee's left middle finger was then smashed between the brake chamber and tractor, partially amputating his fingertip.

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