# Amputations at Penhall Company
> OSHA SIR `2023054802` · 5/31/2023 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Penhall Company
- **Location:** 11506 Gilleland Road SE, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35803
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was lowering a trailer hitch onto the receiver ball to connect the trailer to the truck. During the alignment, the trailer moved, causing the employee's finger to become caught between the trailer and the receiver ball. The employee's middle finger was partially amputated.

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