# Amputations at Phoenix Rigging & Erecting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191213103` · 12/21/2019 · JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
## Employer
- **Name:** Phoenix Rigging & Erecting, LLC
- **Location:** Emory Johns Creek Hospital, JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA, 30097
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was erecting a tower crane when a beam attached to the ballast tower base folded onto the employee's left hand, crushing it.

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