# Amputations at SGS North America
> OSHA SIR `2016065428` · 6/18/2016 · DEER PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** SGS North America
- **Location:** SGS North America, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a lid to a machine when he tried to quickly remove a tool that had been left inside the machine. The lid then smashed two of his fingers on his left hand. His middle and ring fingertips were surgically amputated.

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