# Amputations at Lloyd Jones Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021552` · 2/11/2019 · CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Lloyd Jones Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 110 Swallow Road, CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, 28533
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a crowbar to lift the back left side of a section of electrical switchgear cabinet to install a shim. The crowbar rolled, and the weight of the gear came down onto the tip of the flat piece of metal he was pushing the shim with. His left index finger was pinched between the shim metal and the concrete pad amputating the fingertip.

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