# Amputations at Lewis County Humane Society
> OSHA SIR `20191010651` · 10/11/2019 · GLENFIELD, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis County Humane Society
- **Location:** 6388 Pine Groove Road, GLENFIELD, NEW YORK, 13343
- **NAICS:** 812910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bringing dogs inside when a dog  got loose and bit another dog's nose. As she attempted to pull the dog off the other dog, he bit her. She sustained three puncture wounds to her left arm/wrist and an amputated right pinky fingertip.

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