# Amputations at Williams Brothers Construction
> OSHA SIR `2017010605` · 1/21/2017 · ROSENBERG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams Brothers Construction
- **Location:** US HWY 59 Southbound, ROSENBERG, TEXAS, 77471
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to direct a trackhoe in placing 30-foot concrete barriers on a roadway when a barrier fell on his left foot, partially amputating his pinky toe.

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