# Amputations at Kiewit-Pittman, AJV
> OSHA SIR `2017054795` · 5/28/2017 · BURAS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kiewit-Pittman, AJV
- **Location:** 351C Floodgate Rd., BURAS, LOUISIANA, 70041
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging material on a crane. After releasing the rigging, the employee's pinky was smashed between a headache ball and the main block of the crane, amputating the fingertip.

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