# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at USDA Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2024098198` · 9/4/2024 · HELENA, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, stone, gravel
## Employer
- **Name:** USDA Forest Service
- **Location:** 2880 Skyview Drive, HELENA, MONTANA, 59602
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were building a water pool for a pump site. Just after being handed a rock to stack, an employee lost his balance and fell forward while holding the rock. His finger was crushed between the rock he was holding and another on the ground, and he suffered an amputation.

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