# Amputations at Raymour & Flanigan Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2021054371` · 5/28/2021 · GIBBSTOWN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Raymour & Flanigan Distribution Center
- **Location:** 341 Swedesboro Avenue, GIBBSTOWN, NEW JERSEY, 08027
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing wheel chocks on a trailer. The trailer moved when another employee entered it, causing the wheels to crush the first employee's fingers. The employee suffered a partial amputation to a thumb.

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