# Amputations at Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2017010209` · 1/8/2017 · LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
- **Location:** 50 North LaBombard, LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03756
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching for a box on a shelving unit when he slipped and his ring became caught on the shelf. His left ring finger was then partially amputated.

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