# Amputations at GREENLEAF NURSERY COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016098780` · 9/16/2016 · FORT GIBSON, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** GREENLEAF NURSERY COMPANY
- **Location:** 1001 Hwy 10 West, FORT GIBSON, OKLAHOMA, 74434
- **NAICS:** 111421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching base timber to a green house structure. The employee was drilling holes in the lumber with a power drill when the drill bit caught the aligning string. The string subsequently wrapped around the end of the employee's left middle finger and amputated the fingertip.

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