# Amputations at Seabreeze Property Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021424` · 2/13/2017 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Suits, coats, jackets
## Employer
- **Name:** Seabreeze Property Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 413 Presumpscot Street, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04103
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a skid steer to remove snow during a snowstorm when he felt something in the blades of the skid steer. He shut down the PTO switch, got out, and attempted to retrieve the object. During this process, his coat pulled the PTO switch back to the on position, and the equipment caught his glove and then hand, amputating his left index fingertip below the first joint.

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