# Amputations at WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY II LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021098402` · 9/29/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY II LLC
- **Location:** 929 W. Adams Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60607
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to move a 900-pound bridge beam bearing. His left middle finger was pinched between the bearing and the dunnage it had been sitting on, and was partially amputated.

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