# Amputations at Xpo Logistics, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019077743` · 7/29/2019 · LONGMONT, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Xpo Logistics, LLC.
- **Location:** 800 Weaver Park Road, LONGMONT, COLORADO, 80501
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting the back trailer from the converter dolly on the truck. There are hooked safety chains between the trailer and the converter dolly. The trailer dropped and pulled a safety chain tight. The chain caught his finger and caused the amputation of the right index finger to the second joint.

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