# Amputations at Great Southwestern Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021460` · 2/8/2019 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Southwestern Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 1208 N. Gutensohn Rd., SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72762
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was assisting coworkers to set a fiberglass wall inside a trench. The injured employee had his hand on the wall when the wall shifted and pinched his finger between it and another section of already placed wall. His right middle finger was amputated behind the nail at the first knuckle.

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