# Amputations at Wellwood Plumbing and Heating Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022053877` · 5/4/2022 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wellwood Plumbing and Heating Co. Inc.
- **Location:** Walgreens Store, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10302
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder checking a water heater. He fell off the ladder and his hand got caught in the top hinge of a door as it was closing. A fingertip was amputated by the closing mechanism.

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