# Amputations at Advanced Foundation Repair, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2017043694` · 4/25/2017 · TERRELL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Foundation Repair, L.P.
- **Location:** 8501 FM 987, TERRELL, TEXAS, 75160
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a gooseneck trailer to a truck and manually adjusting the hitch onto the ball when the trailer dropped onto the ball, amputating the employee's fingertip.

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