# Amputations at BASF Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191011282` · 10/30/2019 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BASF Corporation
- **Location:** 602 Copper Road, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a piece of lab equipment and amputated his right index fingertip.

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