# Amputations at VENTURE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015085722` · 8/12/2015 · ALVA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** VENTURE CORPORATION
- **Location:** Highway 64, ALVA, OKLAHOMA, 73717
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was in a front end loader attempting to lift a railroad tie.  She lost her grip on the railroad tie and it fell striking her right hand, middle finger on the bucket blade. Her right middle fingertip was amputated.

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