# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Triple Crown Enterprises, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2024010819` · 1/26/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Excavators
- **Secondary source:** Chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Triple Crown Enterprises, LLC.
- **Location:** 3131 Gulf Freeway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77003
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was wrapping a chain around a concrete manhole tube. An excavator, being used as a crane, started to lift the tube and cinched the chain. The employee's left middle finger was caught by the chain, which amputated the fingertip.

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