# Amputations at VICINITY ENERGY BOSTON, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021021183` · 2/9/2021 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** VICINITY ENERGY BOSTON, INC.
- **Location:** 3000 Peltz St, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19146
- **NAICS:** 221330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a valve in the floor that had a handle wheel in the top. When he pulled it, the handle wheel spun and smashed his hand against a piece of metal angle iron, resulting in amputation of his right index fingertip.

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