# Amputations at MasTec Services Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088285` · 8/12/2019 · PEEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gears
- **Secondary source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** MasTec Services Company, Inc.
- **Location:** ROW near intersection of 458th Ave., PEEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57257
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a drive gear from beneath equipment. The employee was operating a pneumatic drill with his left hand while bracing himself with his right hand on the drive gear. The torque of the drill caused the gear to shift and catch the distal phalange of his right pinky finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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