# Amputations at Otis Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `2021097963` · 9/15/2021 · MARIETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Otis Elevator Company
- **Location:** 840 Franklin Ct Suite 200, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30067
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a powered industrial vehicle into position to lower an elevator machine onto a pedestal for installation. The elevator machine shifted and pinched the employee's fingertip. The fingertip was amputated above the nailbed, without bone loss.

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