# Amputations at Barbicas Construction
> OSHA SIR `2022108806` · 10/6/2022 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Barbicas Construction
- **Location:** 124 Darrow Road, AKRON, OHIO, 44305
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were adjusting a 2-foot by 3-foot, 150-pound catch basin. They had removed the casting, which was sitting half on the road and half on a frame. The casting dropped and crushed the tip of an employee's finger against a brick being used to hold the casting in place. The fingertip was amputated.

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