# Amputations at A.D. BOWMAN & SONS LUMBER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015031514` · 3/27/2015 · CASTLE CREEK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** A.D. BOWMAN & SONS LUMBER COMPANY
- **Location:** 1690 US Highway 11, CASTLE CREEK, NEW YORK, 13744
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lost their balance while descending the stairs of a John Deere QC-54. When the employee reached out to grab something, the wedding ring on the left hand got caught, avulsing the left ring finger from the second knuckle to the fingertip and removing the fingertip at the first knuckle. The rest of the finger to the second knuckle was removed during surgery.

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