# Amputations at PPL Electric Utilities
> OSHA SIR `2017087931` · 8/17/2017 · NEW RINGGOLD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Dogs, canines-domestic
## Employer
- **Name:** PPL Electric Utilities
- **Location:** 31 Hope Ave., NEW RINGGOLD, PENNSYLVANIA, 17960
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 17, 2017, at approximately 10:45 AM, an employee was attempting to hang a 3-day notice on a customer's residence when she was attacked by a dog. The dog bit and amputated her right pinky fingertip.

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