# Amputations at Evoqua Water Technologies
> OSHA SIR `20161110559` · 11/9/2016 · PORT LAVACA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Evoqua Water Technologies
- **Location:** INEOS Nitriles, Green Lake site, PORT LAVACA, TEXAS, 77979
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a hopper when the hopper door closed on his left thumb, amputating the tip.

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