# Amputations at ABC Professional Tree Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021148` · 2/9/2016 · NEW CANEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** ABC Professional Tree Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 23006 Micke Rd., NEW CANEY, TEXAS, 77357
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Workers were performing tree trimming activities at a residential jobsite. While moving traffic cones that were stored on a wood chipper, an employee's right hand contacted the chipper's fan assembly, amputating his fingertips.

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