# Amputations at CAJUN CONSTRUCTORS
> OSHA SIR `20161110930` · 11/21/2016 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** CAJUN CONSTRUCTORS
- **Location:** 15635 AIRLINE HWY., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70821
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sliding T-beams from a staging area to a forklift when a beam pinched and amputated his left fingertip.

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