# Amputations at Ernst Trenching, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053741` · 5/3/2016 · HEBRON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Striking and nailing handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ernst Trenching, Inc.
- **Location:** 229 Elk Street South, HEBRON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58638
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing the ground rod. While using the ground rod pounder to pound the rod on the downward position, the rod went through his right middle finger resulting in amputation.

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