# Amputations at W.E. Bowers and Associates
> OSHA SIR `2018077650` · 7/27/2018 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** W.E. Bowers and Associates
- **Location:** 601 E Street, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20004
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping two dock workers to upright a power jack that had overturned.  While uprighting the jack, his middle fingertip was amputated and required stitches.

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