# Amputations at H-E-B
> OSHA SIR `20181010498` · 10/11/2018 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ranges, cooking ovens, grills, toasters, food warmers
## Employer
- **Name:** H-E-B
- **Location:** 5750 East Lovers Ln., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75206
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees tilted an oven and its stand so that the floor behind it could be cleaned. As the oven and stand were put back on the floor, the stand's adjustable leg caught an employee's right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated at the nail.

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