# Amputations at Turner Industries Group
> OSHA SIR `2019043898` · 4/16/2019 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Turner Industries Group
- **Location:** 4045 Scenic Highway, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70805
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping his work crew perform maintenance on furnace slide valves. While the valve components and hardware were being disassembled, the employee's right middle finger was caught between the flange's slide plate and blind. The tip was amputated.

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