# Amputations at E.R. Snell Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2015096911` · 9/21/2015 · DACULA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** E.R. Snell Contractors
- **Location:** Hog Mountain Road, DACULA, GEORGIA, 30019
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was in the process of erecting a barrier wall on the side of the road (highway construction).  The employee got his right index finger caught between the panel of the wall and the bolt, pinching/crushing his finger and amputating the fingertip.

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