# Amputations at D E Rice Construction Co
> OSHA SIR `2020032294` · 3/10/2020 · BORGER, 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:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** D E Rice Construction Co
- **Location:** 9201 FM 1551, BORGER, TEXAS, 79007
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had placed a skid between the blades of a skid steer and a concrete drain box to prevent damage. As the skid steer applied pressure to move the concrete box, the employee's finger was crushed between the skid and the concrete box, resulting in a partial amputation to the index finger.

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