# Amputations at Mears Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015097112` · 9/25/2015 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mears Construction, LLC
- **Location:** Unkown (On roadway), MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33101
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fractured and amputated the his left thumb tip when it was caught between the blade of an excavator and a steel chain while attempting to secure the excavator to a trailer.

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