# Amputations at Peabody General Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2023109764` · 10/23/2023 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
- **Source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Peabody General Contractors
- **Location:** 2790 Eberhardt Rd, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76504
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking along a trench inspecting the trench box in the excavation when he tripped and fell toward the trench. As the employee was falling head-first into the trench, he attempted to get a hold of the fall protection cable. The cable then looped around his left hand and the employee fell approximately 8 feet into the trench before the fall protection engaged. The employee suffered amputations of his left index, middle, ring, and little fingers.

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