# Amputations at NorthStar Contracting Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010047` · 1/3/2023 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** NorthStar Contracting Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 401 7th Avenue, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10001
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a co-worker were moving sections of steel beams that were approximately 4 feet long. The co-worker attempted to shift one section of steel while the employee lifted the other side of the beam section. As the co-worker shifted the beam, the employee's left index finger was caught between two steel beam sections, resulting in a laceration and a fingertip amputation.

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