# Amputations at Daltile Stone & Slab Center
> OSHA SIR `2019088290` · 8/12/2019 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Daltile Stone & Slab Center
- **Location:** 1119 Arion Parkway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78216
- **NAICS:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a boom attachment onto the tines of a forklift. Noticing that the chain was wrapped around the clamp, the employee attempted to unwrap it. When the chain released, the employees right index finger was caught in the slack of the chain; a bone was broken and the tip was amputated.

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