# Amputations at Fisher Scientific  Company
> OSHA SIR `2019021197` · 2/1/2019 · DELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Fisher Scientific  Company
- **Location:** DeLand Fire Department, DELAND, FLORIDA, 32720
- **NAICS:** 423490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reattaching a trailer hitch. The trailer dropped and crushed his hand resulting in the amputation to the knuckle of one finger and another fingertip amputation.

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