# Amputations at Finger Lakes Envirotech LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022108657` · 10/2/2022 · PAINTED POST, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Road signs
## Employer
- **Name:** Finger Lakes Envirotech LLC
- **Location:** 186 and SR415, PAINTED POST, NEW YORK, 14870
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was breaking down a portable traffic control device, an illuminated arrow board that folded in half vertically. As he was folding it, it fell quickly. His right little finger was caught in its hinge and the fingertip was amputated.

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