# Amputations at BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION
> OSHA SIR `2017076107` · 7/3/2017 · DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION
- **Location:** 7 Parkway North, DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS, 60015
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 3, 2017, an employee was erecting a system scaffold tower when it shifted, causing the employee's finger to become pinched between the wall and the scaffold system. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.

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