# Amputations at Pritchard Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017076227` · 7/6/2017 · THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
- **Secondary source:** Doors, except garage and vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Pritchard Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 10101 Woodloch, THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, 77380
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a refrigerator through a doorway when his right thumb was caught and partially amputated between the door and the refrigerator.

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