# Amputations at OCI Beaumont LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087748` · 8/18/2016 · NEDERLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** OCI Beaumont LLC
- **Location:** 5470 North Twin City, NEDERLAND, TEXAS, 77627
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a fan belt while another mechanic was rotating the sheave by hand to walk the belt on. The injured employee's glove became caught between the belt and the motor sheave, and the employee's fingertip was pulled between the belt and sheave, amputating it to the first joint.

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