# Amputations at Pierce Sitework
> OSHA SIR `2021119494` · 11/3/2021 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pierce Sitework
- **Location:** Spring Grove Dr., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78249
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An excavator had been used to lift a concrete cone to an upper level. When the cone was in place, an employee climbed up it to release the chains securing it to the excavator's coupler. The coupler's jaws closed on his foot, amputating five toes.

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