# Amputations at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2015040633` · 4/16/2015 · EAST HAMPTON, 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:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** Race Lane & Railroad Avenue, EAST HAMPTON, NEW YORK, 11937
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a jack-hammer in an air compressor unit and amputated his left ring finger.

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