# Amputations at Kranig Excavating Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022021796` · 2/25/2022 · ALBANY, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Kranig Excavating Inc
- **Location:** 704 4th Street, ALBANY, WISCONSIN, 53502
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a dump truck with blocks under the box holding it up. The employee was using a hammer to remove a block when his thumb was smashed. He underwent a partial medical amputation to the thumb.

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