# Amputations at Blount General Contractors LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201211501` · 12/8/2020 · WALKER, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Wooden beams
## Employer
- **Name:** Blount General Contractors LLC
- **Location:** 13566 Arnold Road, WALKER, LOUISIANA, 70785
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a wooden truss when the truss slipped from his grasp and pinned his right little finger causing a fracture. The injury required surgical amputation of the finger.

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