# Amputations at United Electric Supply
> OSHA SIR `2020109391` · 10/2/2020 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Electric Supply
- **Location:** 763 Grange Road, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An electrical contractor was shutting the door to a company vehicle and caught their right thumb in the door latch resulting in amputation of flesh from the thumb tip.

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