# Amputations at Mele & Mele & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201212056` · 12/29/2020 · BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mele & Mele & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** One Mele Place, BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 15104
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a steel I-beam that was being driven into the ground with a hammer from a crane when the employee's right pinky finger was crushed between the I-beam and the hammer, resulting in amputation.

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