# Amputations at SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2018077465` · 7/24/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions
- **Location:** 8600 Park Pl Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77017
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the membrane for a reverse osmosis system when someone pushed the membrane into the tube. The employee's hand was then caught between the membrane and the tube, resulting in a right middle finger amputation.

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