# Amputations at Cinch Connectivity Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2018032506` · 3/14/2018 · MCALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cinch Connectivity Solutions
- **Location:** 6900 S. Bentsen Street, MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78503
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting a part into a manufacturing machine when the employee's left index finger was pinched and amputated by the machine's plunger.

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