# Amputations at Berkel & Company Contractors Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018066120` · 6/21/2018 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Berkel & Company Contractors Inc
- **Location:** The George Project: 275 Memorial Dr. SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30312
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing center bars, plates, and nuts on cased micropiles. As one employee was holding the center bar with a pipe wrench, the injured employee went to lift the plate. The wrench was released which caused the nut to catch and pull the plate down. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the plate and the casing; the first digit was amputated.

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