# Amputations at Tracer Construction
> OSHA SIR `2015085508` · 8/6/2015 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tracer Construction
- **Location:** 1943 Independence Pkwy, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was in the process of repositioning a vertical lift basket when his right pinky finger was contacted by a cable pulley. The employee went to the hospital were he was treated and released.

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