# Amputations at Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016065675` · 6/24/2016 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc
- **Location:** 50 Kent Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11249
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a mechanic demobilize a grout silo when his finger was caught between the support leg and the floor, lacerating his right middle finger and amputating part of the fingertip.

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