# Amputations at James Construction Group LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201010050` · 10/22/2020 · COVINGTON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** James Construction Group LLC
- **Location:** Interstate 12, COVINGTON, LOUISIANA, 70433
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A carpenter was adjusting turnbuckles on concrete forms when his finger got caught between the pipe and the turnbuckle causing his right pinky fingertip to be amputated.

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