# Amputations at Zachry Group
> OSHA SIR `2017065060` · 6/4/2017 · SWEENY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Zachry Group
- **Location:** 21441 Loop  419, SWEENY, TEXAS, 77480
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing a gang box when his left middle finger was caught between the gang box, amputating the distal phalanx.

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