# Amputations at Phillips May Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076334` · 7/13/2016 · DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
- **Secondary source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Phillips May Corporation
- **Location:** DFW Terminal B, DFW AIRPORT, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to stabilize the concrete barrier that was being lifted by a rubber tire loader. The operator of the rubber tire loader lowered the barrier and caught the tip of the employee's right foot resulting in amputation of the tip of the right foot to the first joint.

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