# Amputations at C. Young & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109663` · 10/9/2017 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** C. Young & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 University Way, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78224
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a steel joist with two coworkers when the coworkers on the other end of the joist let their end go. The employee's right index finger was smashed under the joist, amputating it halfway below the nail.

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