Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on January 24, 2019, an employee and coworker were at the bottom of a twenty-foot trench to install a new storm pipe segment. The pipe segment was held a foot from the bottom of the trench by metal chains wrapped around the pipe at each end. As the employee worked to align the pipe to the next segment, the employee placed his right hand near the end of the pipe where the chain wrapped around the pipe. At some point, the chain broke, fell and caught the employee's right hand ring and pinky fingers. The chain amputated the ring and pinky fingers of the employee. The employee was hospitalized for over four days where one of the amputated fingers was surgically reattached.