# Amputations at Port-Agragrits Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20161110376` · 11/3/2016 · SCOTT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Port-Agragrits Incorporated
- **Location:** 1131 Delhomme Ave., SCOTT, LOUISIANA, 70583
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to bring cement into a silo. When he stuck his hand into a butterfly valve, the valve closed, smashing multiple fingers on his right hand. His middle fingertip was surgically removed.

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