# Amputations at Terracon Consultants, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023076907` · 7/31/2023 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Terracon Consultants, Inc
- **Location:** 7475 John J. Pershing Drive, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68112
- **NAICS:** 541690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were on site performing geo-technical drill sampling. The injured employee was removing a core sample from a core barrel when the barrel detached from the drill rod and fell onto the employee's right middle finger and amputated it.

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