# Amputations at Clayco Construction
> OSHA SIR `2020043250` · 4/9/2020 · NEWNAN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Building materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Clayco Construction
- **Location:** 280 Bridgeport Parkway, NEWNAN, GEORGIA, 30263
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a beam using a boom lift. The employee was pushing away the beam when his right thumb was pinched between the top of the lift and the beam. The tip of the thumb was amputated.

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