# Amputations at Cook Compression
> OSHA SIR `2018032627` · 3/16/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Cook Compression
- **Location:** 11951 North Spectrum Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77047
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to move a 500-pound mold for a vertical hydraulic press when the mold slipped and fell. As he tried to catch it, the mold crushed his left hand, resulting in the amputation of his left index fingertip and possibly middle fingertip.

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