# Amputations at Burke's Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `2015118929` · 11/25/2015 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Burke's Mechanical
- **Location:** Storage Facility, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading equipment at a storage facility. A 2" x 6" x 20' steel bar rolled onto the employee's left-hand pinky finger, crushing it between the bar and trailer. The first digit of the finger was surgically amputated.

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