# Amputations at Beaumont Contractors LTD
> OSHA SIR `2015129193` · 12/5/2015 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Beaumont Contractors LTD
- **Location:** 32nd st, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77640
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were attempting to insert a section of U-adjuster shackle into a chain link using a sledge hammer. The injured employee was holding the shackle. As a coworker swung on the hammer, the injured employee's hand slipped and got struck by the hammer. His left index finger was partially amputated.

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