# Amputations at Wanzek Construction
> OSHA SIR `20191112149` · 11/22/2019 · ANDREWS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wanzek Construction
- **Location:** Jumbo Hill Wind Farm, ANDREWS, TEXAS, 79714
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were removing a tarp from blades using a powered industrial truck. While the powered industrial truck was working on the opposite side of the blades, the forks contacted the injured employee's left middle finger, resulting in an amputation of the first digit.

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