# Amputations at Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087294` · 8/3/2020 · FOLKSTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc.
- **Location:** 367 Chesser Island Landfill Road, FOLKSTON, GEORGIA, 31537
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crow bar to attach a metal drag bar (10 feet long, weighing 400 pounds) to the bucket of a front end loader. The employee's hand was caught between the bottom of the drag bar and the ground, causing a partial amputation to the right index finger.

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