# Amputations at GERELCO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
> OSHA SIR `20201111191` · 11/27/2020 · PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Benches, workbenches, saw horses
## Employer
- **Name:** GERELCO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
- **Location:** 560 NW Enterprice Dr., PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34986
- **NAICS:** 336321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a pipe cylinder. The cylinder slipped and trapped the employee's right middle finger against a metal work bench. The fingertip was amputated.

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