# Amputations at SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076208` · 7/6/2017 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC.
- **Location:** 933 SW 12th Ave., POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33069
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 6, 2017, at 9:30 p.m., an employee was connecting a trailer to a tractor when his left thumb tip was caught and crushed between the O-ring on the tongue and the pintle hook. His thumb tip had to be surgically amputated.

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