# Amputations at US Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2023043034` · 4/5/2023 · COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Spreading machinery-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** US Forest Service
- **Location:** 3600 W Nursery Road, COEUR D ALENE, IDAHO, 83815
- **NAICS:** 113210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was receiving an overview on how to clean out a piece of the top dressing machine when it gets jammed with pearlite. The employee went to feel the roller grooves when the machine activated and amputated his right index fingertip.

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