# Amputations at RMS Energy Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010393` · 1/14/2022 · KEY WEST, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** RMS Energy Co. LLC
- **Location:** Big Coppitt Electric Substation, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, 33040
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 3:00 p.m. on January 14, 2022, an employee was trying to place a piece of wood (2x4) under a switchgear, which another employee was holding up with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the gear fell onto the first employee's left index finger. The employee suffered a distal amputation of the finger.

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