# Amputations at J.F. Electric, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2018021707` · 2/19/2018 · VIRGIL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** J.F. Electric, Incorporated
- **Location:** Lincoln & Randolph Street, VIRGIL, KANSAS, 66870
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing electrical poles. The employee grabbed the chain to try and move it up on the pole and pinched the left thumb between the pole and chain. The tip of the thumb was crushed and amputated.

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