# Amputations at DPR Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `20231110396` · 11/10/2023 · FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grates
- **Secondary source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** DPR Construction Company
- **Location:** 4350 Innovation Dr., FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS, 75244
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During coring work, an employee was pulling fiberglass grating out of the way to lift the coring tool from the pit. His left middle finger slipped through the grating and was crushed between two pieces of grating. The employee sustained a severe laceration and a fingertip amputation.

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