# Amputations at Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Construction Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021284` · 2/9/2017 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Construction Services Inc.
- **Location:** 5611 West Baker Rd., BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77520
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shifting a material support stand with a coworker when the employee's left thumb was pinched between the tops of the support being moved and an adjacent support. The distal tip of the employee's left thumb was amputated.

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