# Amputations at System Controls & Instrumentation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098696` · 9/11/2017 · MISSION, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pile drivers, tamping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** System Controls & Instrumentation, LLC
- **Location:** 906 S. Conway Ave., MISSION, TEXAS, 78572
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were lifting a tamper machine when his right ring fingertip was caught and amputated at the fingernail between the machine and its cover plate.

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