# Amputations at Baker Hughes, a GE Company
> OSHA SIR `2018054562` · 5/10/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Baker Hughes, a GE Company
- **Location:** 9100 Emmott Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fitting a welding key into a slot to join two pieces of iron that were on a work table. The key did not fit properly so he removed it to investigate. His finger was in the key slot when one of the pieces of iron shifted, resulting in the amputation his left middle fingertip.

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