# Amputations at Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109675` · 10/11/2020 · EUFAULA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Pickup truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Equity Group Eufaula Division, LLC
- **Location:** 6638 HWY 431 North, EUFAULA, ALABAMA, 36027
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a flatbed trailer to a pickup truck. While letting the hitch down onto the receiver ball, the hitch became bound. The employee jostled the hitch pin while continuing to let the jack stand down. The hitch slipped while the employee's fingertip was in the safety pin hole, causing a fingertip amputation.

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