# Amputations at Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065614` · 6/16/2020 · ALVARADO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Drills-powered
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 3501 I-35 West, ALVARADO, TEXAS, 76009
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A welder was drilling 2-inch thick steel plate with a magnetic drill. He was brushing filings away from the drill bit when his glove was caught by the drill and his hand was pulled in. The drill bit amputated his left pinky finger above the knuckle.

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