# Amputations at Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021098155` · 9/22/2021 · MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC
- **Location:** 918 Winding Lane, MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19063
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a tree. When a tree branch was removed, the employee's left index finger was caught under a rope and amputated.

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