# Amputations at Norris Electric Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2017043702` · 4/26/2017 · TEUTOPOLIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Norris Electric Cooperative
- **Location:** 11733 N 1700th St, TEUTOPOLIS, ILLINOIS, 62467
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut limbs from a tree overhead while standing on top of a brush cutting machine, approximately three feet off the ground. One of the tree limbs struck the employee's left foot, resulting in amputation of the left big toe at the first joint.

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