# Amputations involving bone loss at El Coyote Ranch Airport-2TA8
> OSHA SIR `20241211158` · 12/3/2024 · ENCINO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by animal  unspecified
- **Source:** Mammals  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fences
## Employer
- **Name:** El Coyote Ranch Airport-2TA8
- **Location:** 7287 South Highway 281, ENCINO, TEXAS, 78353
- **NAICS:** 813312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with the routine care of a rhino when their right thumb became caught between a pipe fence and the rhino. The thumb was amputated to the first joint.

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