# Amputations at Coggins Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2020054610` · 5/18/2020 · THOMASTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Coggins Construction Company
- **Location:** 1415 Hwy 19 South, THOMASTON, GEORGIA, 30286
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to lift a steel road plate when the plate pinched his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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