# Amputations at Novotech Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099860` · 9/24/2018 · ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Novotech Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 1331 12th Avenue, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16601
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a trailer to a pickup truck and pinched their left index finger between the trailer and the ball on the trailer hitch resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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