# Amputations at Tekton Construction Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20161211524` · 12/10/2016 · CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** Tekton Construction Corp.
- **Location:** 2222 Ponce de Leon Blvd, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, 33134
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 10, 2016, at 9:30 a.m., an employee was removing shoring equipment when his right thumb tip was pinched and amputated between shoring and an I-beam.

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