# Amputations at Skills, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109666` · 10/19/2023 · PITTSFIELD, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Skills, Inc.
- **Location:** 460 Hartland Avenue, PITTSFIELD, MAINE, 04967
- **NAICS:** 623110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing outdoor signs with a motorized posthole digger when the auger motor became stuck at full throttle. As the employee attempted to adjust the setting, the digger sheared the tip of their right index finger, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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