# Amputations at Gary Job Corps Center
> OSHA SIR `20181212561` · 12/7/2018 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gary Job Corps Center
- **Location:** 2800 Airport Hwy 21, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78667
- **NAICS:** 611519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging a drain using a rotary cable. The cable snapped back and hit the employee's left hand, causing a laceration to his left middle finger and a partial amputation to the  ring fingertip.

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