# Amputations at Rooms To Go Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2021032251` · 3/15/2021 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rooms To Go Distribution Center
- **Location:** 1475 Airport Road, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 442110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backing up a tow tractor. The tips of the employee's right middle, ring, and little fingers were caught between the tow tractor and a roof support pole, causing partial amputations to those fingers.

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