# Amputations at DPR Construction
> OSHA SIR `2021097710` · 9/8/2021 · HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** DPR Construction
- **Location:** 923 Bearkat Blvd, HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, 77340
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were repairing a guardrail system which had been damaged by back-fill soil material. A skid-steer was removing soil from the guardrail system while the injured employee was pulling a stanchion out and away from the skid-steer bucket. The bucket caught the employee's right index finger against the stanchion; the fingertip was amputated.

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