# Amputations at Entergy
> OSHA SIR `2017032357` · 3/14/2017 · ISOLA, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Entergy
- **Location:** Caile Rd, Catfish Ponds, ISOLA, MISSISSIPPI, 38754
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were setting up utility poles using a boom truck. They were using choker chains to hold the pole and set it. The chain rolled and the pole caught the injured employee's left ring finger resulting in amputation of the finger.

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