# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Motortow Wrecker Recovery & Transport, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032376` · 3/16/2024 · SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Tow truck
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Motortow Wrecker Recovery & Transport, Inc
- **Location:** 2900 Honeycomb St, SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS, 72120
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 16, 2024, at approximately 8:00PM, an employee delivered a car to a private residence using a flatbed (rollback) wrecker. After removing the vehicle from the flatbed, the employee was winding the winch cable to secure the hook to the bed when his finger was caught between the hook and the bed, causing an amputation to the fingertip.  The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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