# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Appalachian Mountain Club
> OSHA SIR `2024065619` · 6/24/2024 · SHELBURNE, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Ski lifts, gondola rides
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Appalachian Mountain Club
- **Location:** Austin Brook Tr River crossing over the Androscoggin River on the Appalachian Trail (AT), SHELBURNE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03581
- **NAICS:** 813312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting basic level 1 trail maintenance with a crew. The injured employee was operating a manual cable car intended to assist trail users in safely crossing a brook. His right hand became caught between the pulley system and cable where the car pulley sits and travels along. The employee sustained a crush injury, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation to the index finger.

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