# Amputations at Texas Multi-Chem, Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2023109687` · 10/19/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Multi-Chem, Ltd
- **Location:** John Jay High School, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78227
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been spraying weeds behind a school. As he was leaving the field, the employee drove his truck up to the gate, got out, and opened the gate. The truck rolled forward and pinned him against the fence/gate. The gate then gave way and opened from the force of the truck. The employee's left index fingertip got caught in the fence/gate and was amputated.

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