# Amputations at GATE CITY TREE SERVICE, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018043600` · 4/14/2018 · HUDSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** GATE CITY TREE SERVICE, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Cheney Dr., HUDSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03051
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working the wood chipping machine and was attempting to remove the cable hook from the tree when his left hand was caught between the tree and the cable, which tightened up on his hand and severed his left middle fingertip.

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