# Amputations at National Water Main Cleaning Company
> OSHA SIR `2019010808` · 1/23/2019 · MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** National Water Main Cleaning Company
- **Location:** Perry Avenue, MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02842
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a cable grip device to remove the end cap of a water main. An employee's left hand became entangled in the device's metal cable; the tip of his ring finger was amputated and his middle finger was broken.

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