# Amputations at Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
> OSHA SIR `20221110010` · 11/14/2022 · PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Golf cart, personnel transport cart
## Employer
- **Name:** Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
- **Location:** 1097 Murray Canyon Drive, PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, 92264
- **NAICS:** 921150
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was driving a golf cart on a golf course. As he dragged a tree branch with a rope in his left hand, the rope became entangled in the wheel of the cart and amputated three of his fingers.

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