# Amputations at REINHARDT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2018088571` · 8/20/2018 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## 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:** Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** REINHARDT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
- **Location:** Champion Dr, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65201
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to flip over a concrete column form using a tower crane to access and tighten the pipe braces on the bottom side of the form. His hand was on a partially suspended form when his left thumb was pinched between the form and the pipe brace, resulting in a partial thumb amputation (just below the first knuckle).

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