# Amputations at Chicago Bridge and Iron
> OSHA SIR `2016098687` · 9/13/2016 · DELTA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chicago Bridge and Iron
- **Location:** 1125 Pike Peak Road, DELTA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17314
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sliding an industrial ladder off a truck when his left pinky finger was caught between the end of the ladder and his steel-tip boot, amputating his fingertip.

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