# Amputations at Rifenburg Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065891` · 6/24/2020 · NORTH CREEK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rifenburg Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 793 Peaceful Valley Rd., NORTH CREEK, NEW YORK, 12853
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in attaching a bucket, with a large pin, to an excavator. The pin was dropped and it crushed the injured employee's hand against the bucket. The employee sustained the amputation of the ring finger and was hospitalized with open fractures to multiple fingers of the left hand.

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