# Amputations at Chapel Valley Landscape Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087717` · 8/17/2016 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chapel Valley Landscape Company
- **Location:** 300 Constitution Ave., NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20010
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a bucket attachment from an excavator when his right middle finger was caught between the attachment and the attachment point. His fingertip was smashed and subsequently amputated.

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