# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Amarillo Utility Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2025032048` · 3/3/2025 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Striking and nailing handtools  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Amarillo Utility Contractors
- **Location:** 5th and Grant Street, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79102
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a post driver to drive a T-post into the ground. The post driver was raised, and on the downstroke it struck the employee's right thumb.

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