# Amputations at Kokosing Construction Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088526` · 8/19/2018 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kokosing Construction Company Inc.
- **Location:** I-70 & I-71, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43215
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling a concrete road barrier when an automated lifting bracket moved and crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in amputation injuries.

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