# Amputations at Creekside Nursery
> OSHA SIR `2017087766` · 8/14/2017 · HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Creekside Nursery
- **Location:** 18729 FM 1887, HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS, 77445
- **NAICS:** 115112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 14, 2017, at approximately 7:40 a.m., an employee was a cutting some plants using a cutting shear when the shear amputated her left ring fingertip.

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