# Amputations at B & D Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2016109404` · 10/5/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Stone, marble, granite slabs
## Employer
- **Name:** B & D Contractors
- **Location:** 1001 Avenida De La Americas, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77010
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to lift a 300-pound stone to place a lifting strap underneath it when his left index finger was caught beneath the stone, amputating his fingertip.

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