# Amputations at KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109803` · 10/18/2016 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
- **Location:** Intersection of Calumet Ave and 27th St., SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53083
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was attempting to couple a pipe trailer to a hitch on a backhoe and got a finger caught between the coupler on the trailer and the receiver on the backhoe after lifting it to connect the two. The right index finger was amputated.

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