# Amputations at Wheeler Trucking
> OSHA SIR `2017099413` · 9/30/2017 · SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Wheeler Trucking
- **Location:** 5900 Urbana Rd., SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45502
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an H bar when his hand slipped and landed on the dock. The H bar then came down on his right hand and amputated his middle finger.

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