# Amputations at ROBERTSON CONTRACTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018088653` · 8/22/2018 · ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ROBERTSON CONTRACTORS, INC.
- **Location:** AR 7/51, ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS, 71923
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling a 30-pound tube block to place on a trailer bed. In an attempt to keep the tube block from falling, his right thumb was caught between the tube block and the bed of the trailer, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation.

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