# Amputations at Flex- Erect,LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211843` · 12/13/2017 · 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:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other structural elements, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flex- Erect,LLC
- **Location:** 110 East Houston St, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78205
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going up on a lift. His hand was outside the lift railing, and his right index finger was caught between the railing and a steel erection. His fingertip was amputated.

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