# Amputations at Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016021755` · 2/26/2016 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc
- **Location:** Loop 1604 & Hwy 151, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78245
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the bed of his dump truck while holding the tailgate with his right hand when the tailgate came down on his right middle finger, amputating the fingertip (no bone loss).

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