# Amputations at Watson and Chalin Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015041651` · 4/1/2015 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Watson and Chalin Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 725 E. University Dr., MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to move a weld table with an overhead hoist when his finger got caught in the chains. He sustained a distal amputation to his left index finger.

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