# Amputations at Enviroscape ECM
> OSHA SIR `20181111632` · 11/12/2018 · DESHLER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Enviroscape ECM
- **Location:** 300 South Chestnut, DESHLER, OHIO, 43516
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening straw bales and loading them into a conveyor. As he was trying to cut the string off a bale, the string snagged and cut his left middle finger, causing a laceration that led to an amputation.

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