# Amputations at LB Water - Selinsgrove
> OSHA SIR `2023043804` · 4/27/2023 · SELINSGROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** LB Water - Selinsgrove
- **Location:** 593 South High Street, SELINSGROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17870
- **NAICS:** 488390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a trailer to the back of a truck when their finger was caught between the trailer ball and the truck hitch. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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