# Amputations at Mountain View Electric Association
> OSHA SIR `2023042936` · 4/3/2023 · LIMON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountain View Electric Association
- **Location:** County road 197, LIMON, COLORADO, 80828
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a rope reel from an electrical line that was being pulled for tension. The reel fell and struck his left hand; his hand was caught between the truck-mounted bucket and the reel. The employee's left little finger was crushed and the fingertip was medically amputated.

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