# Amputations at Elkhorn Construction
> OSHA SIR `20171010023` · 10/18/2017 · MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Elkhorn Construction
- **Location:** BIA Road 4, MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58757
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging up an I-beam with a jib attachment and a lifting hook on the bottom side. His left pinky finger was caught in a pinch point between the jib and the hook when the signal was given to move the I-beam, amputating his fingertip.

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