# Amputations at Veolia North America
> OSHA SIR `2017099127` · 9/22/2017 · HARAHAN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Veolia North America
- **Location:** Wastewater Treatment Lift station #8, HARAHAN, LOUISIANA, 70123
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a motor from the top of a pump inside a wastewater lift station. A come-along was turning the motor to free it from its housing on the pump when the employee's left hand was caught between the motor's bottom edge and housing on top of the pump, amputating the left ring fingertip and lacerating the little finger.

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