# Amputations at Dennie Miller Plumbing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032419` · 3/11/2018 · NORTH FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Dennie Miller Plumbing, Inc.
- **Location:** 17860 Durrance Road, NORTH FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33917
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a submersible well pump and pulling out a pipe when a wire that was connected to the pipe wrapped around and amputated his left pointer finger at the first knuckle.

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