# Amputations at DACON ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
> OSHA SIR `20191212463` · 12/4/2019 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** DACON ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
- **Location:** 3500 Houston River Road, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were spooling up a steel cable on a winch line when the employee's hand was caught between the sheave and the cable, resulting in the surgical amputation of the right index finger and surgical repair of the third digit.

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