# Amputations at Sunstate Equipment Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015085894` · 8/18/2015 · CARROLLTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunstate Equipment Co. LLC
- **Location:** 1110 W. Jackson Rd., CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing a service check on a tilt bed trailer. The employee went to the front of the trailer to lock it in place so it wouldn't tilt. There was a small gap in the neck of trailer. A coworker stepped onto the back of the trailer and the trailer went upward, crushing and amputating the employee's finger.

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