# Amputations at Atlantic Constructors Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097781` · 9/10/2021 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlantic Constructors Inc.
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Ave., NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A lathe was being hoisted by hydraulics so it could be set down on cribbing. An employee was placing a 1-inch thick shim under the lathe when it came down on their thumb. The thumb tip was amputated.

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