# Amputations at Trinity Heavy Hauling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032713` · 3/14/2019 · RUSTON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by thrown object-unintentional injury
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Trinity Heavy Hauling, LLC
- **Location:** Oilfield near Ruston, LA, RUSTON, LOUISIANA, 71270
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was positioning wooden chock blocks/boards for leveling a piece of equipment. Another employee tossed a board towards the board the injured employee was holding. It struck the board the injured employee was holding and smashed the tip of the employee's right ring finger. The employee suffered an open fracture and avulsion and underwent a medical amputation of about 1/2 inch off the tip of the finger.

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