# Amputations at Ranchand Welding and Fab
> OSHA SIR `2023109785` · 10/24/2023 · LOVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ranchand Welding and Fab
- **Location:** Targa Slingshot Loop, LOVING, TEXAS, 76460
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a chain around a wooden mat when their left middle finger was caught between the chain and mat. Their fingertip was amputated.

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