# Amputations at Burton's H & H Maintenance
> OSHA SIR `2016054134` · 5/12/2016 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Burton's H & H Maintenance
- **Location:** El Dorado Chemical Co, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding the end of a cross tie to load it into a backhoe bucket when his right index finger was smashed between the cross tie and bucket, amputating his fingertip.

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