# Amputations at Flogistix, LP
> OSHA SIR `2015020707` · 2/23/2015 · PAMPA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Flogistix, LP
- **Location:** 2538 West Kentucky Avenue, PAMPA, TEXAS, 79065
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 23 February 2015, at approximately 1030 hrs at the Flogistix manufacturing site in Pampa, Texas, employee was cutting a metal stud on a chop saw when the material kicked back and crushed the distal phalanx of the index finger (right hand). The employee was taken to Pampa Memorial Hospital where physicians opted to amputate due to the extent of the injury.

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