# Amputations at WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043041` · 4/4/2017 · DANVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC
- **Location:** 20734 HWY 80, DANVILLE, GEORGIA, 31017
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was descending from the basket of a boom truck when his left ring finger was caught in a bracket that held the bucket to the truck resulting in amputation.

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