# Amputations at PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS of CT, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099228` · 9/6/2018 · PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS of CT, Inc.
- **Location:** River Street Solar Project, PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01069
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing bolts to hold the metal parts of a framework when a metal part slipped and trapped his right pinky fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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