# Amputations at Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016021021` · 2/3/2016 · COLCHESTER, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** 493 West Chester Road, COLCHESTER, CONNECTICUT, 06415
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, an employee was getting into the passenger's side of an aerial lift truck when he slipped on ice. He attempted to grab the side of the truck, and a ring on his left ring finger got caught on a bolt on the side of the aerial lift. His left ring finger was amputated.

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