# Amputations at Etheridge Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021465` · 2/16/2016 · FOLEY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Etheridge Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 1715 North McKenzie St., FOLEY, ALABAMA, 36535
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a scissor lift with the remote control. His left thumb got pinched in the lift resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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