# Amputations at NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OLYMPIC HEADQUARTERS
> OSHA SIR `2017065292` · 6/9/2017 · PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON
## 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:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONAL PARK SERVICE OLYMPIC HEADQUARTERS
- **Location:** 600 EAST PARK AVENUE, PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON, 98362
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee lowered the lift gate of a truck to unload materials. He was attempting to unfold the lift gate when it slammed back into place and smashed his right pinky between two pieces of steel, amputating it just below the fingernail.

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