Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at COMPLETE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, I670 between i71 and 270, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was removing a concrete barrier wall. He had his hand on the bolt that joins two pieces of wall together, trying to remove it, when the backhoe shifted slightly and pinched his right middle finger. He pulled the finger out of the pinch point and ripped the skin off the end. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Walls
More severe injuries at COMPLETE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
An employee was loading a spool of wire into the bed of a pickup truck when the spool started to fall and the employee went to catch it. The spool crushed his left ring finger.
An employee was standing next to a trench box waiting to hook up a steel plate for removal. The plate shifted and the employee fell into the trench, resulting in broken ribs, a bruised lung, and multiple contusions.
An employee was operating a rotary saw to cut a 15-inch concrete pipe when the saw blade became pinched in the pipe. The saw then kicked back and struck his face, resulting in lacerations.
An employee was moving a 27-inch pull-box lid when the lid slipped and pinched their right index finger. The employee sustained a laceration to their right index finger and they were hospitalized.
An employee had been setting up a steel plate to cover an excavation. The employee signaled the excavator operator to move the plate using an attached chain. The employee's left hand became caught in the chain resulting in amputation of multiple fingers.
An employee was offloading containers from his truck using a deck that goes up and down. When the deck was up, he took a step and his foot went between the truck and the deck, resulting in a foot/ankle fracture.
An employee was using a hoist to lift large containers (420 pounds) of steel parts to be dipped into tanks. The employee set a container down on a support and his finger was caught between the container and the support, resulting in amputation just behind the first knuckle.
An employee was operating a riding mower. The employee's left hand became stuck between the mower's front left support bar and its reel. The employee suffered tendon damage to the middle three fingers.
An employee was guiding a motor into a container while a forklift was lowering it. The employee made contact with the motor, which amputated the top of his left thumb.
An employee was moving 4-inch square tubing from a pallet to a four-post rack when his right ring finger was caught between the end of a tube and the rack. The employee's finger was partially amputated.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 237310)
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee was cleaning out an inlet pipe in a stormwater structure. The employee stepped back, fell into the pipe, and landed on concrete 13 feet below, at the bottom of the structure. He suffered a broken back.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.
An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.