# Amputations at Don Wartko Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088600` · 8/20/2019 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Don Wartko Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 9113/9115 Empire Ave., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44108
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel plate with a chain. The chain caught the employee's right middle finger, severely injuring it. The fingertip was amputated.

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