# Amputations at Brothers Produce of Austin
> OSHA SIR `20161110442` · 11/5/2016 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Brothers Produce of Austin
- **Location:** 979 Springdale Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78702
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a cart in a warehouse when a nearby pallet that was being moved pushed the cart and smashed the employee's finger between the cart and a pole, amputating the left ring fingertip.

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