# Amputations at Larry Young Paving, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087643` · 8/10/2017 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Larry Young Paving, Inc.
- **Location:** 26th Street, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77808
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a kink in a chain being used to pull out a stuck truck when the chain unkinked and struck the employee's left hand, amputating the pinky finger.

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