# Amputations at Longview Bridge and Road, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010351` · 1/11/2019 · WELLS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Longview Bridge and Road, Inc.
- **Location:** State Highway 69, WELLS, TEXAS, 75976
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a backhoe operator place a concrete inlet box. The employee was holding the wire rope cable with his left hand when the backhoe lifted the box. The cable cut the employee's hand, resulting in a finger amputation.

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