# Amputations involving bone loss at C & B Construction
> OSHA SIR `2025065258` · 6/3/2025 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Machine guards
- **Secondary source:** Oil well pump
## Employer
- **Name:** C & B Construction
- **Location:** ND State 6-16, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a belt guard back onto a pumping unit when their left thumb was caught between the guard and the pumping motor. The employee sustained an amputation of the thumb at the first joint.

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