# Amputations involving bone loss at The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
> OSHA SIR `2024065109` · 6/10/2024 · TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Dimensional lumber
- **Secondary source:** Building  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
- **Location:** 2001 Levy Avenue, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 32310
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending on a transport platform. A 2-by-4, sticking out of a trash bin, caught his left hand and wedged it against a building slab. The employee's ring fingertip was medically amputated.

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