# Amputations at Averitt Express Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010926` · 10/23/2018 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Averitt Express Inc.
- **Location:** 118 Jack Drive, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35805
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a worker lift a dock plate when the dock plate fell and caught the employee's finger between it and the dock. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

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