# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Del-Co Water Company
> OSHA SIR `2025077233` · 7/24/2025 · MARENGO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Del-Co Water Company
- **Location:** 4940 St Rt 229, MARENGO, OHIO, 43334
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was assisting with hitching a trailer to a truck. The employee was working to engage the lunette ring on the trailer with the pintle hook on the truck. A mini-excavator began driving onto the rear of the trailer. The added weight caused the rear of the trailer to lower and the front to rise, creating a pinch point between the trailer and the truck. The employee s left thumb was caught in the latch mechanism of the pintle hook. The thumb tip was partially amputated and required surgery.

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