# Amputations at RTM CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2021031917` · 3/3/2021 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Shovels
## Employer
- **Name:** RTM CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
- **Location:** 651 S. Walnut Ave., NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were shoveling gravel in a trench when a shovel slipped from the gravel and contacted an employee's left pinky finger, resulting in amputation.

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