# Amputations at A L HELMCAMP, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015096678` · 9/12/2015 · COTULLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** A L HELMCAMP, INC.
- **Location:** Off of Hwy 35, COTULLA, TEXAS, 78014
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered the amputation of the right index fingertip when his finger was caught between the bumper of a truck and a jack.

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