# Amputations at JA Neary Excavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076345` · 7/17/2023 · FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JA Neary Excavating, Inc.
- **Location:** 1100 Randolph Rd., FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY, 07416
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a four-way chain from a trench box when their finger was caught in a pinch point. The employee sustained an amputation to their right index finger at the first knuckle.

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