# Amputations at Blanchette Field Services
> OSHA SIR `2023098586` · 9/18/2023 · SINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Blanchette Field Services
- **Location:** 8534 TX 89, SINTON, TEXAS, 78387
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to push a welding trailer out of the path of a truck. The trailer then rolled over a half-inch elevation change that rocked the trailer toward an electrical box. The employee's finger was pinched between the welding trailer and electrical box, resulting in a finger amputation approximately 1/2-inch from the end.

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