# Amputations at R. L. Baxter Building Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20201211972` · 12/23/2020 · POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Windows, openings
## Employer
- **Name:** R. L. Baxter Building Corporation
- **Location:** Luckey Platt Apartments, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, 12601
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a lower window sash when the upper window sash fell on his gloved left hand, amputating a fingertip.

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