# Amputations at Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210536` · 12/8/2021 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC
- **Location:** 4099 N Powerline Rd # 4003, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33073
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 7, 2021, at 5:15 p.m., an employee's right middle finger became pinched between the dump box of his truck and a toolbox, resulting in the surgical amputation of the fingertip.

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