# Amputations at General Electric Power
> OSHA SIR `2021064802` · 6/13/2021 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** General Electric Power
- **Location:** 1 River Road, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12306
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to connect two bar racks by inserting a cotter pin into each hole. While the employee's finger was in a hole, the top rack shifted, pinching his left index finger and amputating the fingertip.

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