# Amputations at Altru Health System
> OSHA SIR `2017021037` · 2/2/2017 · GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Benches, workbenches, saw horses
## Employer
- **Name:** Altru Health System
- **Location:** 4451 44th Avenue South, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, 58201
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a work bench when the bench leg collapsed. The bench then amputated his left third finger.

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