# Amputations at ACME Brick Company
> OSHA SIR `2016065305` · 6/15/2016 · ELGIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ACME Brick Company
- **Location:** 1776 Old McDade Rd., ELGIN, TEXAS, 78621
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tool to clean equipment when the tool snapped back and caught his left ring finger, amputating the fingertip.

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