# Amputations at PPL Electric Utilities
> OSHA SIR `2020010970` · 1/29/2020 · WHITEHALL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PPL Electric Utilities
- **Location:** 1537 Presidential Dr., WHITEHALL, PENNSYLVANIA, 18052
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 29, 2020, at approximately 10:50 a.m., an employee was setting up equipment in preparation for cable pulling when his finger made inadvertent contact with the duct dog (cable pulling equipment), resulting in a left pinky fingertip amputation.

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