# Amputations at A L Helmcamp, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065371` · 6/16/2016 · VAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** A L Helmcamp, Inc.
- **Location:** FM 314, VAN, TEXAS, 75790
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting a crash attenuator truck set up at a road construction job site when the employee's fingers were caught between a support cable and a support structure. The employee suffered a finger amputation and broken finger.

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