# Amputations at Creedon and Co. Tent Renrtals
> OSHA SIR `2023043196` · 4/11/2023 · FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Creedon and Co. Tent Renrtals
- **Location:** unknown, FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06032
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting up a tent for an outdoor event. As the employee was inserting the steel bar into the vinyl pocket, a gust of wind caused the panel to flap and the steel bar to come loose. The bar then impacted and caught the employee's right index finger between it and the aluminum frame of the tent. His right index finger was partially amputated.

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