# Amputations at GeoCraft Builders
> OSHA SIR `2022076280` · 7/19/2022 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GeoCraft Builders
- **Location:** 2500 Centennial Blvd, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80907
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unhitching an air compressor trailer. The employee's left thumb was caught between the trailer and the hitch, and the thumb tip was amputated. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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