# Amputations at Dean Word Company
> OSHA SIR `2016065229` · 6/13/2016 · POTEET, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine platforms
## Employer
- **Name:** Dean Word Company
- **Location:** Hwy 16, south of Poteet, POTEET, TEXAS, 78065
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending some stairs from a platform when he lost his footing, put his arms out to break his fall, and caught his pinky fingers on both hands in the "V" formed by the railing. Both pinky fingers were amputated.

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