# Amputations at Texas Commercial Diving
> OSHA SIR `2018044003` · 4/25/2018 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
- **Source:** Gates
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Commercial Diving
- **Location:** 1000 Forest View Dr, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78746
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding/guiding a chain that went to an underwater slide gate when the gate became free and squeezed his finger between the chain and cement wall. His right little fingertip was amputated.

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