# Amputations at Lexicon, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015086188` · 8/27/2015 · BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Lexicon, Inc
- **Location:** 30 Industrial Park Drive, BURNSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38833
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a bolt into a five foot steel I-beam and suffered the loss of the right thumb tip when it was caught between the end of the beam and the wrench.

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