# Amputations at Watkins Construction Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065356` · 6/20/2022 · JOSHUA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Watkins Construction Co., LLC
- **Location:** Near 1614 Conveyor Rd., JOSHUA, TEXAS, 76058
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening bolts on a valve using a powered torque wrench when the wrench kicked back and hit the tip of their left little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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