# Amputations at Marek Brothers
> OSHA SIR `2015118350` · 11/5/2015 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Plant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Marek Brothers
- **Location:** 807 W. 7th St., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76104
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were emptying a trash buggy into a dumpster. While picking up the buggy, an employee's right ring finger got caught between the edge of the dumpster and the buggy resulting in the loss of soft tissue requiring surgery and graft.

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