# Amputations at Volt Power LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110603` · 11/9/2020 · DULUTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Volt Power LLC
- **Location:** 3825 Rodgers Bridge Rd., DULUTH, GEORGIA, 30097
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a 60-foot power pole onto a pole trailer using a pole crane and choker chain. The chain bound up; the employee grabbed the chain and tried to unbind it. The chain released and caught the tip of the employee's left middle finger, amputating it above the first knuckle.

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