# Amputations at U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
> OSHA SIR `20231110863` · 11/28/2023 · GREENEVILLE, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
- **Location:** 9344 Ashville HWY, GREENEVILLE, TENNESSEE, 37743
- **NAICS:** 712190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee's right middle finger was crushed by an excavator bucket, resulting in an amputation.

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