# Amputations at Moorhead Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010065` · 1/4/2021 · WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Moorhead Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 860 Main Avenue East, WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58078
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a scissor lift when his finger got caught between an electrical panel and the lift's railing, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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