# Amputations at Massachusetts General Hospital
> OSHA SIR `20191010628` · 10/10/2019 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Massachusetts General Hospital
- **Location:** 55 Fruit St, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02114
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a lift truck to pick up and empty a trash dumpster when a pallet fell off the dumpster and struck the employee, crushing the right index finger and resulting in a partial surgical amputation.

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