# Amputations at RCD Electrical Services Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021064928` · 6/16/2021 · PETERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** RCD Electrical Services Inc
- **Location:** Grant Memorial Hospital, PETERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 26847
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a wire reel/spool on jack stands. The employee's right index finger was pinched between the bar going through the reel and the top of a stand. The fingertip was amputated.

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