# Amputations at Coastal Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032245` · 3/1/2019 · LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** Epcot Center Project Saulsalito, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA, 32830
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were retracting the pullout extension on the end of the jib attachment on a 35-ton crane. An employee was pushing on the jib extension and his left index finger was crushed by the sheave on the end of the jib causing a fingertip amputation with bone loss.

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