# Amputations at Blackburn Construction, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171211827` · 12/13/2017 · MONAHANS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Blackburn Construction, Inc
- **Location:** 7909 E Interstate 20, MONAHANS, TEXAS, 79756
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a piece into a plate press when the plate press shifted. His left middle finger was then caught between the plate and the plate press, amputating his fingertip.

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