# Amputations at PERMOCAST CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2022087259` · 8/16/2022 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** PERMOCAST CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3110 CENTER ST, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76504
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to help remove an aluminum cast from a mold. During a swing of the hammer, his left hand slipped down its shaft and his index finger was caught between the head of the hammer and the mold. He suffered an amputation to the finger.

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