# Amputations at Colorado River Constructors, OHP
> OSHA SIR `2023109266` · 10/7/2023 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Colorado River Constructors, OHP
- **Location:** 7748 US Highway 290 West, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78736
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were manually adjusting a rebar cage for a barrier wall. The rebar cage shifted and pinched an employee's right ring finger, amputating the fingertip.

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