# Amputations at Messick & Gray Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088699` · 8/23/2018 · MARIETTA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Construction debris
- **Secondary source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Messick & Gray Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 1609 River Road, MARIETTA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17547
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping remove a raised elevator basket when a chunk of debris fell from the basket to the ground, 70 feet below. The debris bounced off the ground and struck the employee's hand, causing an amputation to his ring and little fingers at the second knuckle.

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