# Amputations at LineTec Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201211756` · 12/16/2020 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** LineTec Services, LLC
- **Location:** Foothills road north of FM 707, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79606
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a chain to lower a new electrical pole into a hole. When the pole stopped moving, an employee moved to remove the chain from around the pole. The pole slipped down further and trapped the employee's index finger against the chain. The finger was amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*