# Amputations at Pat & Son Towing & Recovery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098488` · 9/26/2022 · PERRYSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pat & Son Towing & Recovery, LLC
- **Location:** 13017 Eckel Junction Rd., PERRYSBURG, OHIO, 43551
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 26, 2022, at approximately 7:30 a.m., an employee of Pat and Son Towing was assembling a 14-foot by 2-foot trench box to be delivered offsite. Their left index finger was caught between a spreader bar and the wall of the trench box and was partially amputated.

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