# Amputations at C.A. Murren & Sons, Company Mid-Atlantic, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099659` · 9/18/2018 · WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA
## 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:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** C.A. Murren & Sons, Company Mid-Atlantic, LLC
- **Location:** 2821 River Road, WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA, 30830
- **NAICS:** 212322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to set a pylon when the nylon sling that was holding the vertical pipe lost some tension and slipped over the employee's left pinky finger, then cinched back onto the finger and crushed it. The employee's pinky finger had to be surgically amputated.

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