# Amputations at Spires Paving
> OSHA SIR `2018043228` · 4/4/2018 · LANCASTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Spires Paving
- **Location:** 1480 Sugar Grove Road, LANCASTER, OHIO, 43130
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reinstalling wiring on a lowboy trailer. The door on the hydraulic compartment was open. Strong winds from a storm blew the hydraulic compartment door shut and the employee's right hand was caught in the door resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.

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