# Amputations at Blattner Energy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020077194` · 7/30/2020 · WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Blattner Energy, Inc.
- **Location:** 913 Crown Ridge II, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57201
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a dynamic cone penetrometer (DCP) tester when his left ring fingertip got caught between the weight and the top of the tool. The fingertip was crushed.

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