# Amputations at National Grid
> OSHA SIR `2022054435` · 5/20/2022 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** National Grid
- **Location:** 177 Elm Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14203
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to reposition a newly set pole that was being held by a digger derrick. While the winch line and choker chain were under tension, the employee started to rotate the pole. A link of the chain pinched the employee's left ring finger against the pole. The finger was fractured and the fingertip amputated, but was able to be reattached.

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