# Amputations at Perez Trucking
> OSHA SIR `20181010574` · 10/13/2018 · BIG SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Perez Trucking
- **Location:** Baywater exploration, Vertigo 6-7H 1st Well, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79720
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to correct the tiedown straps on a palletized load on a flatbed trailer with multiple fixed ladders when the third fixed ladder slammed down onto both his right and left hands. His left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, an his right index and middle fingers were lacerated.

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