# Amputations at Henkels & McCoy
> OSHA SIR `2018088792` · 8/27/2018 · NORRIS CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Henkels & McCoy
- **Location:** Structure 124, NORRIS CITY, ILLINOIS, 62869
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust a chain on a utility pole when the pole moved back into a hole, catching the employee's right thumb between the pole and chain. The employee suffered a thumb tip amputation when he pulled his hand out of the pinch point.

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