# Amputations at Command Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010679` · 1/25/2021 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
- **Secondary source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** Command Construction LLC
- **Location:** 1-10, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70601
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting two concrete traffic barriers. As he was placing the securing pin between the two barrier pieces, one barrier shifted, pinching his hand between the two barriers. The employee sustained an amputation to the left middle fingertip.

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