# Amputations at PLW Waterworks
> OSHA SIR `2020076449` · 7/10/2020 · MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** PLW Waterworks
- **Location:** 501 1/2 South Cravens Road, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, 77489
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a tool from a height of about 17 feet. The rope wrapped around his right little finger and removed his flesh to the bone on half his finger on the palm side.

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