# Amputations at PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF CONNECTICUT, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023043806` · 4/28/2023 · HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Calculating machines and cash registers
## Employer
- **Name:** PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF CONNECTICUT, INC.
- **Location:** 327 Russell Street, HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01035
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 28, 2023, an employee was installing new wire upgrades to a self-checkout cash register. While pulling the electrical wires through a hole on the bottom of the register, they sustained a left middle fingertip amputation from the sharp metal on the cash register frame.

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