# Amputations at Coppell Construction
> OSHA SIR `20171211868` · 12/14/2017 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Coppell Construction
- **Location:** Watersbend, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76114
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a wooden stake into the ground using a sledgehammer when the sledgehammer missed the stake and hit his right index finger. His index fingertip was amputated.

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