# Amputations at Irby Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2020087387` · 8/5/2020 · BRADENTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Irby Construction Company
- **Location:** 2329 Cortez Road West, BRADENTON, FLORIDA, 34207
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing debris from the pin hole while setting up an auger into a shaft. The shaft and auger then fell into place and pinched his right middle finger. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation, just above the nailbed.

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