# Amputations involving bone loss at Silverline Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054955` · 5/27/2025 · ELLENDALE, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Rotary system equipment
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Silverline Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 9685 87th Avenue, ELLENDALE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58436
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting an operator with changing out an auger bit. The outer Kelly bar was lowered to put pressure down and free the pin. The employee's left little finger was crushed by the Kelly bar, resulting in amputation.

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