# Amputations at El Sol Contracting and Construction Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023087134` · 8/7/2023 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** El Sol Contracting and Construction Corporation
- **Location:** George Washington Bridge, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10032
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A steel floor beam was being installed; an excavator was being used to adjust it and set it in position. As the beam was brought into position, it pinched an employee's left little finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation to the finger.

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