# Amputations at Halifax Paving, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010466` · 1/18/2016 · PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Halifax Paving, Inc.
- **Location:** Butterfly Boulevard and Village Trail, PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA, 32127
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was helping another subcontractor unjam the lock on the dump truck's gate. The employee put his hand on the latch and when it became operational, the lock struck his fingers and amputated the right pinky and ring fingertips.

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