# Amputations at Charter Communications
> OSHA SIR `2018054223` · 5/1/2018 · ASTORIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Windows, openings
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications
- **Location:** 32-13 34th Street, ASTORIA, NEW YORK, 11106
- **NAICS:** 517510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking out the window with hands placed on the window sill when the window case came down onto the employee's right middle finger, causing a partial amputation.

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