# Amputations at Shureline Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110614` · 11/3/2017 · KENTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Shureline Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 289 W Commerce St., KENTON, DELAWARE, 19955
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a cart loaded with 4 steel columns that had plates at the end. A plate on the ground hit and pushed another column inside the cart. The employee's left pinky finger was caught between the plate and the cart, crushing it and amputating his fingertip.

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