# Amputations at Certarus USA Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2017088004` · 8/20/2017 · WINDSOR, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Certarus USA Ltd.
- **Location:** West side of Hollister Lake Rd, WINDSOR, COLORADO, 80550
- **NAICS:** 486210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been positioning a natural gas trailer and the trailer slipped off of the hitch. The employee then tried to clean out/adjust the trailer hitch on the semi and the hitch moved which pinched his left middle finger, amputating the fingertip.

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