# Amputations at SUBCOM CABLE SYSTEMS
> OSHA SIR `2019099258` · 9/6/2019 · NEWINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cases, cabinets, racks, shelves, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SUBCOM CABLE SYSTEMS
- **Location:** 100 Piscataqua dr, NEWINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03801
- **NAICS:** 335921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After lining up a cable roller stand with floor anchor holes, an employee was cleaning dirt out of a floor anchor hole. While doing this, another employee moved the cable roller stand to line up a different bolt hole and the injured employee's finger was pinched in a hole. The injured employee sustained a partial amputation and avulsion of the right index fingertip.

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