# Amputations at Howard Industries
> OSHA SIR `2018054682` · 5/14/2018 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries
- **Location:** 3225 Pendorff Road, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39441
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was upending a transformer that was on a skid when the employee's left fourth fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between a runner and the skid.

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