# Amputations at GERKE EXCAVATING, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2015010820` · 1/26/2015 · BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** GERKE EXCAVATING, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 23 Harrison St, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54615
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee received a crushing injury to the right-hand thumb when the collapsible railing on a crusher plant's catwalk vibrated loose and pinned his thumb between the railing and catwalk. The thumb was partially severed and the bone broke. His thumb was later amputated at Rochester Mayo Clinic because blood flow to the thumb could not be re-established.

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