# Amputations at Creacom, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021042741` · 4/1/2021 · NEW CANEY, 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:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Creacom, Inc.
- **Location:** 22846 TX 242, NEW CANEY, TEXAS, 77357
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were guiding a steel lid for a concrete ground box. The lid was suspended by a backhoe. The knuckle of the backhoe curled, causing the lid to swing and pinch an employee's left hand against the ground box resulting in amputation of two fingers.

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