# Amputations involving bone loss at Cathcart Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2024021633` · 2/21/2024 · COCOA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cathcart Construction Company
- **Location:** 1056 West Highland Drive, COCOA, FLORIDA, 32927
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An excavator was being used as a crane to perform rigging operation. An employee was guiding additional drainage into place when their right index finger was caught between the wire rope and the load resulting in medical amputation at the first knuckle.

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