# Amputations at Miller & Long Concrete, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065554` · 6/16/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller & Long Concrete, Inc.
- **Location:** 655 New York Ave., NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20001
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was landing a pallet jack that was elevated by a tower crane. As the crane lowered the load into a courtyard where the employee was located, the load struck something and started to swing. The employee's right hand was caught between the swinging load and the aluminum joists, crushing and amputating the ring finger.

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