# Amputations at Mexican Snacks
> OSHA SIR `20171110985` · 11/15/2017 · HARLINGEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Mexican Snacks
- **Location:** 826 N. FM 509, HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78550
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a 55-gallon drum when it fell on his left hand, causing an amputation to his middle finger that required surgery.

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