# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Hazeltine Nurseries, INC
> OSHA SIR `2024098948` · 9/25/2024 · VENICE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
- **Secondary source:** Trucks  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hazeltine Nurseries, INC
- **Location:** 2401 N. River Road, VENICE, FLORIDA, 34292
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a trailer to a truck. The trailer fell onto the ball of the truck and the employee's left index finger was caught between the hitch and the ball. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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