# Amputations at Clean Harbors Industrial Services
> OSHA SIR `2017054019` · 5/3/2017 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Clean Harbors Industrial Services
- **Location:** 2301 N. Brazosport Blvd., FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing a cantilever pipe gate when the employee's left ring finger was crushed and amputated between the gate and the cradle it sits in when closed.

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