# Amputations at JW Didado Electric
> OSHA SIR `2019065737` · 6/6/2019 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JW Didado Electric
- **Location:** 1033 Kelly Avenue, AKRON, OHIO, 44306
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling utility poles with metal chains. The chain got stuck and as the employee was freeing the snag with his hand, the chain snapped back and struck the employee's left thumb causing a partial amputation.

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