# Amputations at INTERPHASE ELECTRIC CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2016065517` · 6/21/2016 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** INTERPHASE ELECTRIC CORP.
- **Location:** 423 East 23rd Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10010
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to move a scaffold when it collapsed. The cross member detached from the scaffold and the employee's right hand was caught between the crossbars, amputating the pinky and ring fingertips.

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