# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Gibson and Associates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025076889` · 7/16/2025 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Workers engaging in team lift
## Employer
- **Name:** Gibson and Associates, Inc.
- **Location:** LA - 47 Northbound Outside Lane, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70121
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were working to lift/tilt a steel beam to remove a cable that was underneath. They tilted the steel beam approximately 2 inches. When they let the beam down, the injured employee's right hand was caught under the beam, resulting in partial amputation of the index finger.

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