# Amputations at Jesse Jones Construction, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181010417` · 10/8/2018 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Jesse Jones Construction, Inc
- **Location:** 234 Cashman Drive, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using air skates to move an industrial drill, weighing about 20,000 pounds. The drill tipped over and crushed the employee's thumb against a wedge mounting block. The thumb was surgically amputated up to the first knuckle.

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