# Amputations at Tenneco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020275` · 2/16/2015 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Containers, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tenneco, Inc.
- **Location:** 2800 Hwy 49 N, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 336330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was rotating a plastic 4 x 4 ft. square container counterclockwise when the container slipped and his left pinky finger became trapped between the container and a stationary pole.  Employee's fingernail was taken off and the tip of his finger was amputated.  Employee had in-house surgery on 2-18-2015 to repair his finger.

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