# Amputations at Kimberly Clark Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016098526` · 9/9/2016 · PARIS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Kimberly Clark Corporation
- **Location:** 2466 FM 137, PARIS, TEXAS, 75460
- **NAICS:** 339932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeling to see if there was a leak at the location when his right middle finger slipped into a hole. A butterfly valve below the hole actuated and caused a partial amputation of the right middle finger.

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