# Amputations at Core & Main
> OSHA SIR `2021042903` · 4/7/2021 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Core & Main
- **Location:** 7620 Grissom Road, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78251
- **NAICS:** 332913
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were moving gate valves from one pallet to another. A gate valve slipped and one of the employees reached out to catch it from falling and pinched his right middle finger between the falling valve and another valve, severing the fingertip.

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