# Amputations at Gregg Industrial Insulators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054933` · 5/21/2018 · TATUM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Gregg Industrial Insulators, Inc.
- **Location:** 8850 FM 2658, TATUM, TEXAS, 75691
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a cart out of an elevator when a metal plank contacted the handrail on the opposite side, creating a pinch point between the plank and the handle on the cart. The employee's right middle finger was caught in the pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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