# Amputations at Bonifant Tree Services
> OSHA SIR `2016032140` · 3/10/2016 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Bonifant Tree Services
- **Location:** 215 10th Street SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20003
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was gathering tree limbs from the ground and feeding them into a chipper. While he was feeding the chipper, a piece of rope was caught in the feeder wheels and wrapped around his right hand, amputating his fingers.

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