# Amputations involving bone loss at Estes Express Lines
> OSHA SIR `20241110207` · 11/1/2024 · MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
## Employer
- **Name:** Estes Express Lines
- **Location:** 437 Middle Street, MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, 06457
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking a converter dolly to a lead trailer when his right thumb was crushed between the rear of the trailer and the dolly. The employee sustained a crushed thumb and a medical amputation to an inch of the thumb.

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