# Amputations at Parsons Brinckerhoff
> OSHA SIR `2015031348` · 3/20/2015 · BELLE ROSE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Parsons Brinckerhoff
- **Location:** 165 Grand Bayou St., BELLE ROSE, LOUISIANA, 70341
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening an electric gate. He rested his hand on the top of the gate while taking the slack out of a chain on the gate with his foot. His hand was on a roller on the gate, and his finger got caught between the roller and the top rail on the gate. His left pinky finger was partially amputated.

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