# Amputations at ECKARDT ELECTRIC CO.
> OSHA SIR `2020010251` · 1/9/2020 · BRASELTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** ECKARDT ELECTRIC CO.
- **Location:** 1400 River pl., BRASELTON, GEORGIA, 30517
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee shut the tool cabinet door, his left ring finger was caught between the door and the frame 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*