# Amputations at Porterfield Timber Harvesting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043884` · 4/16/2019 · ALTO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Loaders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Porterfield Timber Harvesting, Inc.
- **Location:** Logging tract, ALTO, TEXAS, 75925
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually adjusting the tongue on a loader in order to place it for towing to a new logging location.  The employee's finger was caught somewhere near the tongue, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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