# Amputations at Estes Express Lines
> OSHA SIR `2017087537` · 8/8/2017 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Estes Express Lines
- **Location:** 505 35th Street West, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25312
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 8, 2017, at approximately 2:50 p.m., an employee tripped on a pallet inside the trailer of a delivery truck. As he fell, he reached for the rope that pulls the door down and his left hand became entangled in the rope. The injury resulted in a left ring fingertip amputation.

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