# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Avalon Transportation Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021359` · 2/13/2024 · CANAL FULTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
## Employer
- **Name:** Avalon Transportation Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Avalon Dr, CANAL FULTON, OHIO, 44614
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading platforms back onto the storage carriage utilizing a lift gate. The employee's hand was caught between the lift gate and the tail light assembly, resulting in partial amputation of their right thumb tip.

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