# Amputations at Missouri Valley, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010947` · 1/29/2018 · PANHANDLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Plant and industrial vehicle-nonpowered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fluoroscope machinery and equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Missouri Valley, Inc.
- **Location:** US Highway 60 & FM2373, PANHANDLE, TEXAS, 79068
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to move an X-ray machine 4 inches away from the wall by sliding a skate underneath it when a board broke and the skate twisted, crushing his right middle finger between the skate and the machine. His right middle finger was amputated at the fingernail.

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