# Amputations at Camarata Masonry Systems, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2015042290` · 4/23/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Camarata Masonry Systems, Ltd.
- **Location:** 1777 Walker St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77010
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering material from the first floor to the basement using a hoist.  He put his left hand on the wire rope to position the load as he lowered it. His pinky finger got caught between the wire rope and the hoist.

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