# Amputations at Frontier Communications Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020032067` · 3/3/2020 · SWEET VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Communications Corporation
- **Location:** State Route 118, SWEET VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 18656
- **NAICS:** 517212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a B-arm on a pole and was using an impact wrench. The impact wrench loosened the bolt and the arm fell, pinching the employee's index finger between the arm and the pole resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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