Abstract: At approximately 11:45 am, on May 7, 2010 Employee #1 was standing on the inside edge of the male pipe while telling Employee #2 to communicate with Employee #3, the backhoe operator, to raise the female pipe slightly to align and compensate for a two inch gap between the two storm drain pipes. While Employee #3 was raising the backend of the female pipe to slide into the male pipe, Employee #1 did not realize his hand was still next to the two inch gap between the pipes. Employee #1's hand was crushed and resulting in amputations of his right middle and ring fingers. Employee #1's was taken to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital.