# Amputations at RIVER HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
> OSHA SIR `20191111973` · 11/18/2019 · VALRICO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RIVER HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
- **Location:** 4943 NEW RIVER HILLS PKWY, VALRICO, FLORIDA, 33594
- **NAICS:** 713910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While directing the operator of a backhoe, an employee was lining up the last four tubular braces with the inner short tube of the trench box wall. His gloved left hand was caught between the two tubes and his index fingertip was amputated.

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