# Amputations at DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.
> OSHA SIR `20201110416` · 11/3/2020 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.
- **Location:** Hitachi Rail USA, Inc., MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33178
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dislodging a rock from the conveyor belt of the rock crusher using a piece of rebar/pipe when the employee's right hand slid into a pinch point between the frame of the equipment and the rebar resulting in a partial amputation of the right index fingertip.

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