# Amputations at The Bridge Builders of Alabama LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010383` · 1/14/2021 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** The Bridge Builders of Alabama LLC
- **Location:** 145 Highway, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35405
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a hydraulic pump operator in positioning steel plates between the underside of a bridge and its support structure when the employee's right hand got caught between two steel plates, resulting in a cut on his middle finger and an amputation of his index finger to the first knuckle.

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