# Amputations at Wisconsin Public Service
> OSHA SIR `2019077784` · 7/30/2019 · MERRILL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between water vehicle and object
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisconsin Public Service
- **Location:** 306 S Park Street, MERRILL, WISCONSIN, 54452
- **NAICS:** 221111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a boat traveling back to a dam when the boat passed through an opened gate. The boat became caught on the gate and tipped over. The employee went underneath the water and suffered an amputation to 1/4 inch of the distal joint of the left ring finger.

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