# Amputations at Siemens Building Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2018077107` · 7/15/2018 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Siemens Building Technologies
- **Location:** 4401 Garth Rd, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting an interlock switch on an HVAC unit. The employee's left pinky finger was caught in the HVAC door panel as the employee closed it, 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*