# Amputations at Aquifer Drilling and Testing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010391` · 1/14/2020 · MASPETH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Drill bits-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Drill bits-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Aquifer Drilling and Testing, Inc.
- **Location:** 5951 Queens Midtown Expwy., MASPETH, NEW YORK, 11378
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a 5-foot auger drill bit onto a flatbed truck. His right pinky finger was caught between the auger he was rolling and another that was already on the truck. He sustained amputation of the pinky finger below the lower knuckle.

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