# Amputations at ACME Brick Company
> OSHA SIR `2022021841` · 2/28/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ACME Brick Company
- **Location:** 3024 Acme Brick Plaza, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76109
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A kiln car, carrying bricks, was being moved out of a dryer. It started to roll back. An employee jammed a piece of square tubing between cars to stop the car's motion; the tubing kicked back and crushed the tip of his left index finger against a control panel. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

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