# Amputations at FORT MYER CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019032359` · 3/5/2019 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cement truck, concrete mixer truck
## Employer
- **Name:** FORT MYER CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
- **Location:** Morris Road and Bryant Place SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20018
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an extension chute on a cement truck. The chute caught the employee's right middle finger, amputating the tip.

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