# Amputations at Wisenbaker Builder Services
> OSHA SIR `2019044223` · 4/25/2019 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisenbaker Builder Services
- **Location:** 2519 Scarbrough Dr. Ste 200, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 423220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping trash into a compressor when the lever to the trash hopper shot back and amputated the tip of his left pinky finger.

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