# Amputations at Skanska ECCO Joint Venture
> OSHA SIR `2020098313` · 9/1/2020 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Air compressors
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** Skanska ECCO Joint Venture
- **Location:** Eastbound Bruckner Blvd, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10472
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At around 4:40 AM, two employees were hooking up an air compressor to the back of a pickup truck. Due to wet weather, the injured employee's hand slipped, causing the end of the compressor to fall, pinching his left middle finger between the arm of the compressor hitch and the top of his boot. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the middle fingertip.

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