# Amputations at Chasco Constructors, LTD., L.L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2017021697` · 2/22/2017 · ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Chasco Constructors, LTD., L.L.P.
- **Location:** 2801 E. Old Settlers Blvd., ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, 78665
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to load a backhoe hammer into a trailer when the employee's thumb was caught and partially amputated between a chain and the side of the trailer.

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