# Amputations at Metro Masonry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010473` · 10/7/2019 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metro Masonry Inc.
- **Location:** State Capitol Building, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25305
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to operate a hoist used to raise stone to an elevated work area.  The employee grabbed the cable on the hoist to help guide a lift when his finger went into the pulley.  The employee sustained an injury to his left pinky finger that required an amputation at the first joint below the nail.

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