# Amputations at L. KEELEY CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `2019033002` · 3/21/2019 · WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** L. KEELEY CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** 822 Bombart  ave, WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI, 63119
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a chain from the bucket of a backhoe to a trench box. The trench box was moved, and the employee's right ring finger was amputated.

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