# Amputations at NTR Metals Texas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087133` · 8/2/2016 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NTR Metals Texas, LLC
- **Location:** 10720 Composite Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75220
- **NAICS:** 423940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 8/2/2016, an employee and a coworker were moving a piece of equipment onto a wooden block. The employee's left index finger was pinched between the equipment and the wooden block, partially amputating his fingertip.

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