# Amputations at Bird Electric Enterprise, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20191212822` · 12/13/2019 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** Bird Electric Enterprise, LLC.
- **Location:** 7210 82nd Street, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79424
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a 1,200-pound switch on a man lift. He finished securing the switch and was removing the round sling from the hook when he noticed that the headache ball was still coming down. He tried to move his hand out of the way by moving the hook. His left hand was then caught between the beam and the headache ball, resulting in an amputation of the left index finger to the first knuckle.

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