# Amputations at Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022087684` · 8/29/2022 · KROTZ SPRINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation
- **Location:** 438 Clinton St., KROTZ SPRINGS, LOUISIANA, 70750
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a utility pole that was propped up on a rack. When the employee grabbed the cutout bracket, the pole fell off the rack to the ground. His right middle finger was crushed between the cutout bracket and the cutout, and was amputated.

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