# Amputations at RLW/SEMA, A Joint Venture, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2023043098` · 4/7/2023 · JOHNSTOWN, COLORADO
## 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:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** RLW/SEMA, A Joint Venture, L.P.
- **Location:** 3801 County Road 46, JOHNSTOWN, COLORADO, 80534
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were in a man basket removing forms from under a bridge. After the employees removed a C-channel from the final form, the C-channel was supported by the man basket handrail to be lowered to the ground. The employee's hand was resting on the handrail on the descent when the C-channel rolled, crushing his hand between it and the handrail, resulting in an amputation.

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