# Amputations at CDL ELECTRIC CO. INC
> OSHA SIR `2023065571` · 6/22/2023 · GIRARD, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CDL ELECTRIC CO. INC
- **Location:** 415 N Summit St, GIRARD, KANSAS, 66743
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were conducting renovations to a boiler system in the basement of a school. Two employees were carrying out a 10-foot pipe when the injured employee lost his footing on a ramp. As he went to catch himself, the pipe landed on his right ring finger, resulting in a crush injury that required medical amputation of the top of the finger.

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