# Amputations at Lind Exco, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019054767` · 5/10/2019 · RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lind Exco, Inc
- **Location:** Fulton Street, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57702
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in the removal of a trench box from an excavation. The employee noted that a rigging hook was stuck on a corner of the trench box and went to unlatch it. At the same time, the excavator operator lifted the rigging and the employee's middle finger was caught between the rigging and the trench box resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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