# Amputations at Swing Staging LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020054491` · 5/14/2020 · LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Angle irons
## Employer
- **Name:** Swing Staging LLC
- **Location:** 25-20 Borden Avenue, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, 11101
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing angle iron pieces on a dolly the long way. He placed his hand on the load and his other hand on the handle of the dolly. As he was moving the load, the load shifted and smashed his right index finger between the load and the handle, causing a fingertip amputation.

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