# Amputations at HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20190910079` · 9/26/2019 · LA VISTA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grates
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
- **Location:** 8121 City Century Drive, LA VISTA, NEBRASKA, 68128
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was evaluating metal floor grates in a stairway platform. The employee attempted to reset a metal floor panel in the stairway platform when the grate broke free. The employee's thumbs were crushed between the dislodged grate and a cement step. Both thumbs were amputated.

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