# Amputations at Fisher Sand and Gravel
> OSHA SIR `2023031959` · 3/2/2023 · BILLINGS, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Fisher Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** 7105 Laurel Airport Rd., BILLINGS, MONTANA, 59106
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on wear strips for a silo safety gate at an asphalt plant. As the employee was moving the gate with a pry bar, it slid off its rollers and landed on the employee's hand. The employee suffered one finger amputation down to the middle knuckle, two finger amputations just below the fingernail, and a broken thumb.

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