# Amputations at Redmond Regional Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2017043330` · 4/12/2017 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
- **Secondary source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Redmond Regional Hospital
- **Location:** 501 Redmond Road, ROME, GEORGIA, 30165
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a patient on a stretcher out of a room. In the process, the door handle trapped her pinky finger between the door handle and the stretcher resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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