# Amputations at B-Corp Utilities, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088681` · 8/21/2019 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** B-Corp Utilities, Inc.
- **Location:** I35 Bore, WACO, TEXAS, 76706
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a piece of metal attached to a cable when the cable pulled and the employee's hand was caught between a metal part and pipe, causing an amputation of the left middle finger above the second joint.

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