# Amputations at BMC Building Materials and Construction Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2021053733` · 5/6/2021 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** BMC Building Materials and Construction Solutions
- **Location:** 3620 FM 482, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78132
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking bundles of floor trusses with the forklift. When he attempted to separate two loads, controls on the forklift were bumped and caused the load to lower, pinching his right index finger between the sticker and the top bundle of floor trusses. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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