# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at ACO Mechanical, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2025021491` · 2/14/2025 · KINGSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ACO Mechanical, Ltd.
- **Location:** Ave B and Retama, KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, 78363
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up fusion machinery to make a weld in a ditch. The hinged over-pipe clamp swung shut and struck a finger on his hand that was holding the machine in place. The weight and force of the clamp crushed the end of his finger, resulting in amputation.

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