# Amputations at A.M. Cohron & Sons, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020021389` · 2/12/2020 · BURWELL, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** A.M. Cohron & Sons, Inc
- **Location:** Highway 96 North Loop, BURWELL, NEBRASKA, 68823
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping in loading operations involving a chain sling and crane. Sheets of steel shifted in the load, and a finger on the employee's left hand was caught and crushed between the sling and the material. The finger was amputated.

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