# Amputations at Bush Hog, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110668` · 11/6/2017 · SELMA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bush Hog, Inc.
- **Location:** 2501 Griffin AVE, SELMA, ALABAMA, 36701
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a mower deck when it shifted and sliced the employee's left thumb, amputating it.

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