# Amputations at Pizzo & Associates LTD
> OSHA SIR `2022064725` · 6/1/2022 · LELAND, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Pizzo & Associates LTD
- **Location:** 10729 PINE ROAD, LELAND, ILLINOIS, 60531
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading cargo into the back of a pickup truck with a trailer attached. The employee was carrying and holding a bag when he used his left hand to lower the tailgate. The employee's left middle finger became pinched between the top edge of the tailgate and the frame of the trailer resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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