# Amputations at DCOR LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021310` · 2/7/2018 · VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
## 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:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DCOR LLC
- **Location:** Platform Hillhouse, VENTURA, CALIFORNIA, 93003
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a valve in a process line using a chain fall. The employee's finger was caught between the new valve and the top of the flange crushing it and resulting in a partial amputation.

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