# Amputations at Con Edison
> OSHA SIR `2015050158` · 5/10/2015 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## 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:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Con Edison
- **Location:** 28 124th Street, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11356
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to set an extension ladder on a house when it started to fall. He was unable to catch the ladder, and his right pinky finger got caught in a pinch point.

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