# Amputations at Sysco Boston
> OSHA SIR `20181010734` · 10/17/2018 · PLYMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Sysco Boston
- **Location:** 99 Spring Street, PLYMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02367
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up to put tires on a trailer. The trailer was jacked up and he was putting jack stands under the front axle when the trailer bags released and the trailer dropped down, crushing his right index finger between the axle and the jack stand. His fingertip was amputated.

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