# Amputations at The Cottage Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018021291` · 2/7/2018 · LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ice-blocks, cubes, crushed
## Employer
- **Name:** The Cottage Corporation
- **Location:** 77 Mirror Lake Drive, LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK, 12946
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were stacking blocks of ice for an ice sculpture. One of the blocks landed on the injured employee's left middle finger resulting in amputation at the knuckle.

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