# Amputations at Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010103` · 10/1/2018 · MACOMB, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
- **Location:** NTN Bearing Corporation of America, MACOMB, ILLINOIS, 61455
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a dock leveler at a loading dock. As the leveler rose, the employee's left hand was caught between the dock plate and the flap. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated (with no bone loss).

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