# Amputations at COGHLIN ELECTRIC
> OSHA SIR `2018054299` · 5/3/2018 · PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** COGHLIN ELECTRIC
- **Location:** Taconic High School, PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01201
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 3, 2018, an employee was opening the concrete composite cover of a hand hole with a screwdriver when the cover slipped off the screwdriver and fell on the employee's finger, pinching off the fingertip.

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