# Amputations at Halstruc Inc
> OSHA SIR `20221110282` · 11/22/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-tower, self-erecting, portal, pillar, hammerhead
## Employer
- **Name:** Halstruc Inc
- **Location:** 1101 Reinli Street, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78723
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a column securing clamps and shackles that connect the column to the tower crane. He noticed the chain had kinks and went to fix them when slack was removed from the chain and the employee's right little finger was pinched between two chain links. The employee sustained a partial amputation.

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