# Amputations at WARNER ELECTRIC
> OSHA SIR `20221210500` · 12/2/2022 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WARNER ELECTRIC
- **Location:** NEW ORLEANS ERNEST N. MORIAL CONVENTION CENTER, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70130
- **NAICS:** 336350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling a display booth at a trade show. The employee lifted it up at both ends and walked with it to a shipping crate. While setting the booth down, the unit rolled on top of the employee's right middle finger and partially amputated it.

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