# Amputations at Performance Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054050` · 5/11/2016 · MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 13822 Hatcherville Road, MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS, 77580
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding on a structural handrail for a work platform with a grating floor. The employee lost control of the grinder, which lacerated and fractured his left index finger. His left index fingertip was surgically amputated.

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