# Amputations at Shoestring Enterprises LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110308` · 11/1/2016 · ALTUS AFB, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Shoestring Enterprises LLC
- **Location:** Altus Air Force Base, ALTUS AFB, OKLAHOMA, 73523
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The bucket on a backhoe froze up and an employee tried to free it up. When the bucket moved, the employee's right hand  was pinched between the moving pin and the hole that it was inserted into resulting in a right thumb amputation.

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