# Amputations at Limoges Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211656` · 12/15/2016 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Limoges Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 5500 East Blarney Pl, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57110
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to hook up a ground heater to a truck, but the trailer wasn't hooking up properly. His finger was between the ball hitch and receiver when the trailer dropped onto the hitch, pinching his left ring finger. His fingertip was amputated.

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