# Amputations at Christiana Care Health System
> OSHA SIR `2019054849` · 5/13/2019 · NEWARK, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
- **Secondary source:** Counters, counter tops
## Employer
- **Name:** Christiana Care Health System
- **Location:** 4755 Ogeltown-Stanton Road, NEWARK, DELAWARE, 19718
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a gurney past a mounted sink and pinched his right pinky finger between the gurney and the laminate support for the counter top 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*