# Amputations at HCS Workrise
> OSHA SIR `2022021846` · 2/28/2022 · CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** HCS Workrise
- **Location:** 8871 HWY 85, CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS, 78834
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading a semi-truck using a pallet jack. When he was finished, the employee lifted the pallet jack by hand and his left thumb was pinched in a hole. The employee pulled his hand back, resulting in the nail and tip of his thumb being removed. The employee was taken to the hospital, where the tip of his thumb had to be amputated and reattached.

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