# Amputations at Asplundh Tree Expert LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099106` · 9/2/2019 · GROTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Logs
- **Secondary source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert LLC
- **Location:** Amtrak, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a log onto a wood chipper when it fell from the wood chipper, struck, and amputated his right middle fingertip.

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