# Amputations at KORTE & LUITJOHAN CONTRACTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019065663` · 6/5/2019 · SPARTA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Rocks, crushed stone
## Employer
- **Name:** KORTE & LUITJOHAN CONTRACTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 114 W Jackson Street, SPARTA, ILLINOIS, 62286
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a metal pipe to make a connection. He was holding on to one end of the pipe when a coworker went to move the pipe into place on the other end. The employee's left hand was caught between the pipe and a rock resulting in amputation of the index fingertip.

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