# Amputations at Builders FirstSource
> OSHA SIR `2018066086` · 6/20/2018 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Builders FirstSource
- **Location:** 3703 N Pan Am Expressway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78219
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a gooseneck trailer to the ball hitch of a pickup truck. As the trailer was being shifted into place, his left middle fingertip was pinched and severed between the trailer and hitch.

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