# Amputations at Miller Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2017032596` · 3/21/2017 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Electric Company
- **Location:** 2310 Rosselle St, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32204
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading pre-fabricated racks of 4-inch conduits from a cart onto a trailer when his finger was caught between the cart and the conduit, amputating his right ring fingertip.

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