# Amputations at United Infrastructure Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020776` · 2/25/2015 · OSTEEN, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Infrastructure Group, Inc.
- **Location:** State Road 415 & St. Johns Bridge, OSTEEN, FLORIDA, 32764
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used the running line that was attached to the hook of a crane to pull himself up. The left tip of his middle finger and half of his ring finger got caught between pinch points (the rope and pulley), resulting in an amputation.

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