# Amputations at Consolidated Fabrication and Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032349` · 3/15/2023 · SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Consolidated Fabrication and Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2800 E 21st St, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, 54880
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 4:30 p.m. on March 15, 2023, an employee was installing a steel leg in a sleeve for a floating roof above an aboveground storage tank. Her left thumb was caught in a pinch point between the leg and a sleeve. The thumb was crushed and amputated.

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