# Amputations at Barnhart Crane and Rigging
> OSHA SIR `2016032429` · 3/21/2016 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Barnhart Crane and Rigging
- **Location:** 731 Finley Island, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After he had changed a block and adjusted the wire rope in the sheave, an employee's right hand was pulled between the wire rope and the block. His hand was amputated and required hospitalization.

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