# Amputations at Don Bohn Buick GMC
> OSHA SIR `20181011096` · 10/27/2018 · HARVEY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
## Employer
- **Name:** Don Bohn Buick GMC
- **Location:** 3815 LaPalco Blvd, HARVEY, LOUISIANA, 70058
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in the parking lot when he lit a firecracker and it exploded in his hand, causing a fracture, lacerations, and an amputation to the index and middle fingers at the first knuckle.

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