# Amputations at Infrastructure Repair Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022108854` · 10/7/2022 · LINCOLN PARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Infrastructure Repair Service, LLC
- **Location:** 163 Beaver Brook Rd, LINCOLN PARK, NEW JERSEY, 07035
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a post shore off the floor. The post shore had been laid down extended, with the pin removed. When it was raised to a vertical position, its upper section fell. The employee's left middle finger was caught between its moving parts, which partially amputated his fingertip.

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