# Amputations at Duke Energy
> OSHA SIR `20181011094` · 10/27/2018 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Duke Energy
- **Location:** 139 East Fourth Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45202
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a valve machine into the cradle using a hoist and got his right index finger caught between the lifting ring and the cradle. The fingertip was amputated.

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