# Amputations at Ferguson Waterworks
> OSHA SIR `2023043758` · 4/26/2023 · BOISE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferguson Waterworks
- **Location:** 11th and Hayes St, BOISE, IDAHO, 83702
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a pipe from a fitted rack on his truck. As the employee grabbed a pipe strap, his glove became caught. The employee then went to step off the back of the truck and the top inch of his left hand ring finger was partially amputated.

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