# Amputations at Miller and Long of DC
> OSHA SIR `2022032617` · 3/23/2022 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller and Long of DC
- **Location:** 100 N St. SE, Parcel One, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20003
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rigging a load to be lifted by a tower crane at a construction site. When the crane lifted the load, his left ring finger was caught between the load and the rigging and amputated.

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