# Amputations at Saia Motor Freight Line LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109709` · 10/20/2023 · SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Saia Motor Freight Line LLC
- **Location:** 45 Main street, SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01545
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a delivery to a customer location. As the employee pulled the intermediate bulk container (IBC) to the edge of the liftgate for lowering, it began to tip. The liftgate was lowered and the freight fell forward, amputating his left middle and ring fingertips.

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