# Amputations at Blattner Energy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111451` · 11/3/2019 · WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Blattner Energy, Inc.
- **Location:** 16138 464th Avenue, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57201
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting dunnage for crane pads when the employee's finger became stuck between the dunnage and the crane pad. The employee's left index finger was de-gloved and had to be medically amputated.

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