# Amputations at Smithsonian Institution
> OSHA SIR `2017065930` · 6/28/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Striking and nailing handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithsonian Institution
- **Location:** Folk Life Festival, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20013
- **NAICS:** 712110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual sign post driver to drive a sign post into the ground when his left hand slipped off the handle and his left ring finger became caught between the sign post and the post driver.

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