# Amputations at Centric Consturction Group
> OSHA SIR `2019043452` · 4/3/2019 · GLADSTONE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** Centric Consturction Group
- **Location:** 6902 Locust, GLADSTONE, MISSOURI, 64118
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling masonry scaffolding with a partner from a six-foot ladder.  When he pulled one end of the 2x8 boards free the other end also broke free and caught his gloved left pinky finger in a pinch point between the board and a steel pipe. The fingertip was amputated.

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