# Amputations at Singleton Electric Company, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018032452` · 3/12/2018 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Singleton Electric Company, Inc
- **Location:** 919 Rhode Island Ave NE (at 5th St NE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20018
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bender machine to bend a short pipe when his right hand was caught in the equipment, amputating one of his fingertips.

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