# Amputations at Flexible Lifeline Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110588` · 11/3/2017 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexible Lifeline Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 685 W. Loop 1604 N., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78251
- **NAICS:** 541420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a ladder safety system onto the top of a ladder when the ladder davit fabrication slipped and hit his finger. His finger was caught in a pinch point between the davit fabrication and t-cage steel, amputating his fingertip and causing an open fracture to the finger (partway up the nail).

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