# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Waddle Trucking, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010182` · 1/7/2025 · WEST POINT, GEORGIA
## 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:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
## Employer
- **Name:** Waddle Trucking, LLC
- **Location:** 7777 Kia Pkwy, WEST POINT, GEORGIA, 31833
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 7, 2025, an employee was putting the flipper (metal hinged plate) down on the deck of his car hauling trailer to bridge the deck gap for positioning vehicles. The employee's right middle finger became caught between the flipper and the deck, resulting in a tissue amputation to the fingertip.

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