# Amputations at USDA US Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2019065631` · 6/4/2019 · LAKEWOOD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** USDA US Forest Service
- **Location:** Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest, LAKEWOOD, WISCONSIN, 54138
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished cutting a tree with a chainsaw. As the employee stepped back, his foot went into a mucky hole and he fell. The tree bounced and fell onto his right hand while it was on a stump, crushing the ring finger. The finger was amputated.

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