# Amputations at Garney Holding Company
> OSHA SIR `2023087567` · 8/18/2023 · INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Garney Holding Company
- **Location:** 3767 Strauss Avenue, Bldg. 899, INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND, 20640
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

Two employees were assembling a 12-inch valve with it standing up. As they went to spin it, the valve fell to the ground. The injured employee reached to grab it when his left little finger was caught between the valve and an excavator bucket that was laying on the ground, resulting in a partial amputation.

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