# Amputations at Harper Electric Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043665` · 4/9/2019 · ANDALUSIA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Harper Electric Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 909 West Bypass, ANDALUSIA, ALABAMA, 36420
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A wooden pole loosened as it was being pulled down and smashed an employee's left hand. One of the employee's fingertips was amputated, and another had the skin and flesh stripped to the bone.

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