# Amputations at R & R Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010712` · 1/25/2016 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** R & R Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Citgo lake Charles Manufacturing Complex, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right-hand ring fingertip/first knuckle was amputated by an excavator bucket while the employee was taking measurements under a tank.

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