# Amputations at Frontier Fence Company
> OSHA SIR `2016076608` · 7/20/2016 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Fence Company
- **Location:** 563 S Curtis Rd, BOISE, IDAHO, 83705
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to flip a metal stair stringer over when it fell onto his hand and crushed his index finger between the stair stringer and the concrete resulting in the amputation of the index fingertip.

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