# Amputations at R + L Carriers Shared Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043468` · 4/17/2017 · MATAMORAS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** R + L Carriers Shared Services, LLC
- **Location:** 121 Decker Lane, MATAMORAS, PENNSYLVANIA, 18336
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had finished delivery to a customer. As he was closing the lift gate, his left hand was caught between the handle and step of the unit resulting in a finger amputation.

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