# Amputations at Petranova/WAP Carbon Capture
> OSHA SIR `2015107857` · 10/21/2015 · THOMPSONS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Petranova/WAP Carbon Capture
- **Location:** 1640 Snithers Lake Rd., THOMPSONS, TEXAS, 77481
- **NAICS:** 324199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was welding from a spider lift. While moving the spider lift from one location to another, the employee got his hand caught between the handrail and a steel plate resulting in the loss of the left ring fingertip (bone exposed).

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