# Amputations at Cheney Brothers, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023021836` · 2/27/2023 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cheney Brothers, Inc
- **Location:** Collins Ave and 11th Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33139
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering product on his route. As the employee was lowering his lift gate to the trailer, his finger was caught in the liftgate chain, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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