# Amputations at Alpha Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2019010219` · 1/8/2019 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Contractors
- **Location:** 7728 Alameda, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79915
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee put his weight on a trailer hitch while getting up from connecting a chain. The hitch was not connected to the ball and sank down, catching his finger and later resulting in fingertip amputations.

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