# Amputations at Chain Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2015085795` · 8/14/2015 · HEIDELBERG, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Engine, engine block, motor-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Chain Electric Company
- **Location:** 49 County Road 872-A, HEIDELBERG, MISSISSIPPI, 39439
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting an attachment from the boom of an excavator for a transmission crew. When the connecting pin was removed, the 100-pound auger motor he was working on fell and crushed the end of his left pinky finger. He suffered an amputation of the distal end/joint of that finger.

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