# Amputations at Infrastructure Repair Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010568` · 1/18/2023 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Infrastructure Repair Service, LLC
- **Location:** 301 E 48th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10017
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 8:30 a.m. on January 18, 2023, an Infrastructure Repair Services employee was placing racks on a rack truck when one rack (the last to be placed on the truck) struck the rear of the truck. He lost his grip on the rack and it fell into position, pinching the fingers on his right hand against the truck's bed. His middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

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