# Amputations at The Demo Company
> OSHA SIR `2017032061` · 3/6/2017 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Demo Company
- **Location:** 3301 Matlock Rd., ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76014
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a section of a six foot I-beam and placed it on the material cart. The employee's left hand was caught between the I-beam and the cart resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.

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