# Amputations at Brice Civil Constructors
> OSHA SIR `2020076784` · 7/19/2020 · JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON
## 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:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Brice Civil Constructors
- **Location:** Runway at McChord AFB, JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, 98433
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

Employees were setting large sandbags along the edge of a retaining wall using an excavator to lift the bags into place. An employee was attaching the hook when his right index finger was caught between the hook and the nylon strap. When the load was lifted, the finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*