# Amputations at Bryce Hill, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021065183` · 6/25/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Bryce Hill, Inc
- **Location:** 2301 Sheridan Ave, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 45505
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hammer and chisel to knock out the pin of a hydraulic cylinder on a backhoe when the arm of the backhoe fell approximately 1/2" and caught the employee's left little finger. The employee suffered an amputation of the left little finger at the first knuckle.

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