# Amputations at American Engineering Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211110030` · 11/19/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** American Engineering Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2335 Wadsworth St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a wrench to tighten a bolt, part of repairs to a rail track. Another employee stepped on the wrench. The employee's right index finger was caught between the wrench and the bolt head, and the finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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