# Amputations at S & R Enterprises, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031284` · 3/18/2015 · NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** S & R Enterprises, LLC
- **Location:** 44 Conway Avenue, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02852
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained a partial amputation to the left thumb while offloading steel from a truck. The hoisted material shifted, pinching the thumb between the load and the hook.

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