# Amputations at El Paso Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2023032663` · 3/24/2023 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** El Paso Electric Company
- **Location:** 13511 Montana Ave., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79938
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a jack stand when it fell and amputated their right index fingertip.

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