# Amputations at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2015096811` · 9/17/2015 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** 5517 Oakridge Street, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15207
- **NAICS:** 811213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working in an aerial lift maneuvered the bucket and the tip of his pinky finger was severed in the bi-fold door.

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