# Amputations at Afsco Fence Supply Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212205` · 12/26/2017 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Afsco Fence Supply Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Columbia Pl., ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12207
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a trailer with a dingo digger that had an auger head attachment when the attachment slid out and came down on the employee's hand, amputating his left thumb between the nail and knuckle.

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