# Amputations at Marguerite Concrete
> OSHA SIR `20191212752` · 12/11/2019 · EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
## Employer
- **Name:** Marguerite Concrete
- **Location:** 99 Sumner Street, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02128
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to lift a bundle of rebar with a crane when the employee's thumb became caught in the clamp of the crane's jib, resulting in a thumb amputation.

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