# Amputations at DPR Construction
> OSHA SIR `2015063518` · 6/9/2015 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** DPR Construction
- **Location:** 12301 Research Blvd., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78759
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to lift a slurry tank to move with a pallet jack. The tank rolled catching the employee's right middle finger between the slurry tank cribbing and the asphalt ground resulting in an amputation to at least the first knuckle.

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