# Amputations at Indian Health Services
> OSHA SIR `2023021052` · 2/2/2023 · PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Indian Health Services
- **Location:** Highway 18 Main Street Building 159, PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57770
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A sewer snake machine was binding. An employee was trying to release the binding pressure when the machine released with force and struck his right hand, severing his little finger just below the fingernail.

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