# Amputations at Trimac Transportation Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032089` · 3/8/2022 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Trimac Transportation Inc.
- **Location:** 35072 East Highway 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a hydraulic valve on a truck. While he was trying to remove a piece of plastic from the valve, the valve closed on his left middle finger, causing an amputation.

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