# Amputations at C. H. Kirkpatrick Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2018043375` · 4/9/2018 · WHITE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** C. H. Kirkpatrick Construction Company
- **Location:** Great Valley Parkway, WHITE, GEORGIA, 30184
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain to install sewer pipes with the assistance of an excavator when his thumb was caught between the chain and the pipe, resulting in a partial amputation.

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