# Amputations at Dirt Dynamics
> OSHA SIR `2021010185` · 1/7/2021 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dirt Dynamics
- **Location:** 4330 13th Avenue SW, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58103
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a wall form panel to a knuckle boom. The boom lowered, pinching the employee's left hand against the wall panel and amputating the index finger at the knuckle.

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