# Amputations at GULF STATES PROTECTIVE COATINGS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022010816` · 1/28/2022 · EAGLE PASS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ropes, ties, chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** GULF STATES PROTECTIVE COATINGS, INC.
- **Location:** 1736 NORTH POINT DR, EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, 78852
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to stop a ladder from swinging when his thumb was caught between the ladder and the wire rope securing the ladder, resulting in an amputation.

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