# Amputations at Newman Signs, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076266` · 7/18/2022 · JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Newman Signs, Inc.
- **Location:** 1606 Sixth Avenue SW, JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58401
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The banding on a bundle of posts was cut. The bundle collapsed. While an employee tried to stop it, the falling posts pinched the employee's fingertip, leading to an amputation.

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