# Amputations at PHOENIX RIGGING AND ERECTING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211248` · 12/9/2023 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
## Employer
- **Name:** PHOENIX RIGGING AND ERECTING, LLC
- **Location:** 248 East Paces Ferry Rd NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30350
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was maneuvering a tower section into place. After the section seemed to have settled, he reached to steady his footing; the tower section then finished settling into place and crushed his right index finder, causing a partial amputation.

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