# Amputations at CPR Services and Supplies, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181212439` · 12/4/2018 · NEW CANEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** CPR Services and Supplies, Inc
- **Location:** 21371 US Hwy 59 North, NEW CANEY, TEXAS, 77357
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a gate valve to a different pallet. His left middle fingertip was caught between two hand wheels (one used to open and close that valve, one for another valve) and amputated.

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