# Amputations at Durcon Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016065534` · 6/22/2016 · TAYLOR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Durcon Incorporated
- **Location:** 206 Allison Drive, TAYLOR, TEXAS, 76574
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a shim under a mold and using a crowbar to raise the mold when the crowbar slipped, allowing the mold to drop onto and amputate the employee's left index fingertip.

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