# Amputations at ABM - Facility Services
> OSHA SIR `2023032508` · 3/20/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ABM - Facility Services
- **Location:** 1 South Wacker, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60606
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder changing a flange gasket on 16-inch water pipes. The pipes came together and caught the employee's left index fingertip, resulting in an amputation.

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