# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Love's Travel Stop
> OSHA SIR `20241111021` · 11/27/2024 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Motor home, RV
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle hitches
## Employer
- **Name:** Love's Travel Stop
- **Location:** 4221 North Interstate 27, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting repairs on the tow hitch of a customer's recreational vehicle (RV). They were putting the trailer hitch back together when one of the pins released onto their right index finger, amputating the fingertip without bone loss.

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