# Amputations at USDA Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2022087309` · 8/17/2022 · LINCOLN, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
- **Secondary source:** Horses and other equines
## Employer
- **Name:** USDA Forest Service
- **Location:** 1569 US Highway 200, LINCOLN, MONTANA, 59639
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a pride loop to tie a horse. The horse got aggressive and the loop closed around the employee's left hand amputating the fingertips.

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