# Amputations at Mountain View Landscapes & Lawncare, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054335` · 5/8/2020 · MONSON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountain View Landscapes & Lawncare, Inc.
- **Location:** 57 Carpenter Rd, MONSON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01057
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading/securing equipment on a trailer when a bucket attachment moved and pinched his right hand between the bucket and an excavator boom, resulting in a partial amputation of his right ring finger.

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