# Amputations at Beechwood Landscape Architecture & Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088222` · 8/10/2019 · SOUTHAMPTON, NEW JERSEY
## 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.
## Employer
- **Name:** Beechwood Landscape Architecture & Construction LLC
- **Location:** 2 Kerry Court, SOUTHAMPTON, NEW JERSEY, 08088
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking whether the safety pin on a piece of equipment was locked. The locking mechanism was engaged, and the employee's right little finger was pinched in the mechanism. The fingertip was amputated.

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