# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
> OSHA SIR `2024043296` · 4/16/2024 · BOOTHBAY, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Knives
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
- **Location:** 105 Botanical Gardens Drive, BOOTHBAY, MAINE, 04537
- **NAICS:** 712130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting peppers with a knife when it contacted her left pointer finger, resulting in an amputation of the employee's nailbed.

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