# Amputations at Adam's European Contracting Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015096717` · 9/14/2015 · LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Adam's European Contracting Inc
- **Location:** 41-03 10th St., LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, 11101
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were erecting a sidewalk shed  and lost control of an upright as it was lifted.  The upright fell onto the hand of an employee who was standing nearby.  One finger was amputated and another was crushed.

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