# Amputations at Kiewit Offshore Services
> OSHA SIR `2018077052` · 7/13/2018 · INGLESIDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kiewit Offshore Services
- **Location:** 2440 Kiewit Road, INGLESIDE, TEXAS, 78362
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to move steel plates onto a scaffold's deck. The plates shifted and made contact with a scaffold pole, pinching the employee's left little finger. The employee suffered an amputation/avulsion of about a quarter inch of the finger.

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