# Amputations at Bigge Crane & Rigging
> OSHA SIR `2015118249` · 11/3/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Bigge Crane & Rigging
- **Location:** 1400 Jersey Shore Dr, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77047
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a crawler crane.  The crane was boomed down and the employee was performing a repair on a sheave. While he was working on the sheave, the wire rope pulled his left index finger and crushed it resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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