# Amputations at Good Earth Tool
> OSHA SIR `20190911394` · 9/12/2019 · FESTUS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Good Earth Tool
- **Location:** 150 Industrial Dr., FESTUS, MISSOURI, 63028
- **NAICS:** 444210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to uncouple an attachment from an excavator when his left middle finger was pinched in the coupler.

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