# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at North Coast Marine Construction
> OSHA SIR `2024109923` · 10/24/2024 · AVON LAKE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Chains
## Employer
- **Name:** North Coast Marine Construction
- **Location:** 32596 Lake Road, AVON LAKE, OHIO, 44012
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 24, 2024, an employee was hooking a claw to an excavator bucket via a chain on the end of an excavator. Their left middle finger was caught between the chain and the bucket as the excavator arm was lifted, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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