# Amputations at Trident Water Services
> OSHA SIR `2016043296` · 4/20/2016 · BIG LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Trident Water Services
- **Location:** Comapny Yard, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the spring and U-bolt behind a tire. He was replacing the tire when the jack collapsed, catching and amputating the distal phalanges on his right-hand middle and ring fingers.

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