# Amputations at MVP Installations,LP Yard
> OSHA SIR `2018088612` · 8/21/2018 · DONNA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Mini excavators
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** MVP Installations,LP Yard
- **Location:** 2909 Mile 9 1/2 North, DONNA, TEXAS, 78537
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing brush along a fence line using a mini excavator when a small branch fell onto the controls, pinching his finger between the control arm and the branch. His fingertip was partially amputated.

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