# Amputations involving bone loss at USDA Forest Products Laboratory
> OSHA SIR `2024010689` · 1/23/2024 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
## Employer
- **Name:** USDA Forest Products Laboratory
- **Location:** 1 Gifford Pinchot Drive, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53726
- **NAICS:** 115310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging a snow blower chute on a skid steer when his right index finger was amputated at the knuckle. The employee also suffered fractures to the thumb and middle fingers.

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