# Amputations at Hawkins Lease Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032643` · 3/24/2022 · CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Hawkins Lease Service, Inc.
- **Location:** San Pedro Ranch, CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS, 78834
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding square tubing in place while another employee used a sledgehammer to hammer it. The employee was trying to straighten up the tubing when the sledgehammer smashed his thumb. He was hospitalized and underwent a medical amputation to the thumb tip.

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