# Amputations at Sharpe Holdings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087466` · 8/10/2016 · BETHEL, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Mini excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** Sharpe Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** County Road 150, BETHEL, MISSOURI, 63434
- **NAICS:** 115116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting in a steel post approximately 6 feet tall and 6 inches in diameter when he was struck by the bucket of a mini excavator. His hand was caught between the top of the post and the bucket of the excavator, amputating his left-hand pinky and ring fingertips.

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