# Amputations at ADB Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022053798` · 5/3/2022 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** ADB Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 103 Kings Way, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78132
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the bucket of a bucket truck, working to install messenger wire. The bucket put pressure on an existing communications cable, which snapped and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.

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