# Amputations at Gates Machine Tool Repair, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021033` · 2/3/2016 · MANVEL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gates Machine Tool Repair, Inc.
- **Location:** 7102 Bissell St., MANVEL, TEXAS, 77578
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a swivel from one side of the shop to the other. As he was getting ready to lower the swivel to connect it to another machine, the bottom part dropped onto his right pinky finger. The employee was transported to the hospital where his finger was amputated.

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