# Amputations at Total Electric Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065574` · 6/22/2016 · SEBRING, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Total Electric Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** 2824 Hwy 27 South, SEBRING, FLORIDA, 33870
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tugger to pull electrical wiring when his right pinky finger was caught between the wheel on the tugger and the rope being used to pull the wiring, amputating his pinky fingertip and requiring hospitalization.

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