# Amputations at EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
> OSHA SIR `2020021981` · 2/29/2020 · SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** EVERGREEN NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
- **Location:** 437 MacCorkle Ave SW, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25303
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While hooking up a pump trailer to the hitch on a truck, an employee's finger was caught between the hitch ball on the truck and the coupler on the trailer. The employee sustained a crushing injury/fracture to the left middle finger that required surgical amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*