# Amputations at Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group
> OSHA SIR `20231110282` · 11/7/2023 · VOLGA, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Scaffolds-suspended staging
- **Secondary source:** Septic tank or water tank interiors
## Employer
- **Name:** Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group
- **Location:** 100 Caspian Avenue, VOLGA, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57071
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding while on a suspended scaffold when their finger was pinched between the scaffold and the interior wall of a ground water tank (workpiece). The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left little finger.

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