# Amputations at Krapff Reynolds Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2023098448` · 9/13/2023 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Manhole and cistern covers
- **Secondary source:** Sewers, manholes, storm drains
## Employer
- **Name:** Krapff Reynolds Construction Company
- **Location:** 3190 American St, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the back of a work trailer and went to move a manhole ring and lid that was on a stack of other manhole rings and lids. Their left middle finger became caught between the inside edge of the ring and the outside edge of the lid. The finger was crushed and fractured resulting in amputation of the fingertip and last joint.

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