# Amputations at Triad Engineering & Contracting Company
> OSHA SIR `2018088489` · 8/17/2018 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## 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:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Triad Engineering & Contracting Company
- **Location:** 786 East 140th St., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44110
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing wooden blocks between liner plates and a steel rib when the employee's right middle finger was caught between the steel plate, the steel rib, and a wooden block, resulting in a finger amputation.

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