# Amputations at TEXAS TOWING
> OSHA SIR `2019054623` · 5/6/2019 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** TEXAS TOWING
- **Location:** 4702 Center Park, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78218
- **NAICS:** 488410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a tool box to a coworker's car to place it in the trunk. The employee's finger was caught between the tool box and equipment in the car and the fingertip was amputated.

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