# Amputations at Stonebridge Steel Erection
> OSHA SIR `2016020976` · 2/1/2016 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stonebridge Steel Erection
- **Location:** 424 E 34th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10016
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 2/1/2016, at 8 a.m., an employee was holding the end of a beam being lowered by a crane. The beam bumped into a column and pinned the employee's hand, amputating the pinky finger.

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