# Amputations at SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2023010177` · 1/6/2023 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3828 North Causeway Blvd, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70002
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a governor from an elevator system with the govern rope suspended from the sheave. A co-worker grabbed the suspended cable to move it out the way when it slipped through the cable grab and pinched employee's right middle finger between the cable and the sheave, resulting in an amputation at the distal interphalangeal joint.

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