# Amputations at National Park Service
> OSHA SIR `20171112304` · 11/20/2017 · MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Logs
## Employer
- **Name:** National Park Service
- **Location:** Mesa Verde National Park, MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO, 81330
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cordless planer to cut a log. The log rolled and the employee jumped, cutting his left thumb resulting in a partial amputation.

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