# Amputations at Wesson Builders
> OSHA SIR `2019088410` · 8/15/2019 · OTTAWA HILLS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wesson Builders
- **Location:** 3525 Ridgewood Road, OTTAWA HILLS, OHIO, 43606
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 15, 2019, an employee was lowering a dump trailer onto the ball hitch on a truck. His left middle finger was pinched between the ball and the trailer hitch, causing a partial amputation.

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