# Amputations at Interstate Barricades and Markings
> OSHA SIR `2019033180` · 3/27/2019 · GONZALES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Interstate Barricades and Markings
- **Location:** IH 10 E/SH 97, GONZALES, TEXAS, 78629
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading thermal paint into tanks for heating when he contacted the metal edge of the cover opening, severing his right pinky and ring fingers just below the nail.

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