# Amputations at GLOBAL UNDERGROUND CORP
> OSHA SIR `2021119495` · 11/3/2021 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Generators
- **Secondary source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GLOBAL UNDERGROUND CORP
- **Location:** 641 WINTERS DR., COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80907
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hitching a trailer to a generator. As the generator hitch was set on the edge of the truck hitch, it slipped and caught the employee's fingertip. The fingertip and fingernail were amputated (without bone loss).

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