# Amputations at Best Block
> OSHA SIR `20231211312` · 12/12/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Block
- **Location:** 2233 Ackerman Road, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78219
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was splitting a block on a splitter machine when the machine amputated his right middle fingertip.

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