# Amputations at Douglas Kuln, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110565` · 11/1/2017 · WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Douglas Kuln, Inc.
- **Location:** 3310 14th Street NW, WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58078
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tensioning a cable between two posts when the tensioner released and the cable struck the employee's left ring finger, removing skin. The distal phalanx had to be surgically amputated.

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