# Amputations at TravelCenters of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109445` · 10/27/2022 · HOMEWOOD, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** TravelCenters of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 275 Oxmoor Rd, HOMEWOOD, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was jacking up a semi-trailer to replace a tire. He had raised one side of the trailer axle. While making adjustments to a second jack, the trailer air ride system lost air pressure, causing the first jack to slip off the axle and pinch his right middle finger between the second jack and the lifted axle. The employee's right middle finger was medically amputated at the second knuckle.

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