# Amputations at USG Mastec, N.A. Southern OH Division
> OSHA SIR `2017076289` · 7/8/2017 · OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** USG Mastec, N.A. Southern OH Division
- **Location:** 2321 NW 149 St., OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA, 33054
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring a transformer to a new pole when the employee's index fingertip was caught and amputated between the transformer and the bucket.

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