# Amputations at Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021662` · 2/20/2017 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ernst Conservation Seeds, Inc.
- **Location:** 8884 Mercer Pike, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was collecting willow branches and using pneumatic clippers to cut the material to length. As the employee was cutting a branch, he amputated the tip of his left thumb without bone loss. The hospital reattached the tip of the thumb.

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