# Amputations at MS Band of Choctaw Indians
> OSHA SIR `20201010031` · 10/21/2020 · CHOCTAW, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** MS Band of Choctaw Indians
- **Location:** 155 Industriel RD., CHOCTAW, MISSISSIPPI, 39350
- **NAICS:** 921150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a chest freezer to be thrown away. As he was lifting the freezer, the lid opened and one of his fingers was crushed between the lid and the side of the freezer. The fingertip was amputated.

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