# Amputations at TREES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015064060` · 6/24/2015 · LITHIA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TREES, INC.
- **Location:** Near 10152 Loetchster Ln, LITHIA, FLORIDA, 33547
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing brush at the table side of a wood chipper when a piece of wood struck his hand, crushing it at the chipper-side locking mechanism and causing a fingertip amputation.

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