# Amputations at IEA Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088696` · 8/23/2018 · SARITA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** IEA Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** Kenedy Ranch, SARITA, TEXAS, 78385
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting the tongue of a pull behind mobile light tower when their right ring finger was pinched between the tower's tongue and the ground resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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