# Amputations at White Line Construction
> OSHA SIR `20201110373` · 11/2/2020 · AVELLA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** White Line Construction
- **Location:** Near Intersection of State Rt. 50 and State Rt, 231, AVELLA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15312
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A skid steer was pulling a steel truss. The truss got stuck and when an employee tried to free it, his left pinky finger was caught between the truss and the rollers of the winch on the skid steer resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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