# Amputations at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023053985` · 5/3/2023 · RYE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
- **Location:** 178 Theodore Fremd Ave, RYE, NEW YORK, 10580
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disposing of a switch when her left thumb was caught and amputated between the equipment and the container. The employee's thumb was surgically reattached.

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