# Amputations at Keith's Tree Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022075833` · 7/5/2022 · READING, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Keith's Tree Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 7 King Street, READING, MASSACHUSETTS, 01867
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding tree limbs into a wood chipper when the winch line caught the employee's hand, pulling his hand/fingers into the chipper blades and resulting in an amputation injury.

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