# Amputations at Archer Western-de Moya JV II
> OSHA SIR `20190910179` · 9/29/2019 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Archer Western-de Moya JV II
- **Location:** Pinellas Gateway Project, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33762
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was releasing a chain clamp on a two-way spreader used to lower a sheet pile when his finger was pinched between the chains and the sheet, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

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