# Amputations at Reddico Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021332` · 2/9/2017 · FRESNO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Reddico Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 102 Renfro Beauford, FRESNO, TEXAS, 77545
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an arch pipe in a driveway. After the employee released the mechanism on the hoisting apparatus that held the pipe, the pipe fell on the employee's finger, pinching it between the pipe and the concrete driveway. The employee's right ring finger was amputated at the first joint.

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