# Amputations at Sletten Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `20191212947` · 12/17/2019 · LAUREL, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sletten Construction Company
- **Location:** Laurel Interchange, LAUREL, MONTANA, 59044
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a retaining wall. The employee's left hand was caught between a shackle and rigging, and the index finger was amputated at the second knuckle.

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