# Amputations at Verizon NY
> OSHA SIR `2018099437` · 9/12/2018 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon NY
- **Location:** 13-32 129th Street, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11355
- **NAICS:** 811213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a machine to remove a phone pole on the street. After the pole was pulled from the ground, an employee's left middle finger was crushed between the pole and the concrete. The fingertip was amputated.

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