# Amputations at TransCore ITS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054437` · 5/16/2017 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** TransCore ITS, LLC
- **Location:** 6021 Orient Road., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33610
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee and two coworkers were attempting to secure a tailgate onto a dump truck when one of them lost control and dropped the tailgate. It fell down on the employee's hand, amputating his left middle fingertip (to the cuticle) and fracturing his ring fingertip.

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