# Amputations at Ameri-Tex Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011347` · 10/31/2019 · CANTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameri-Tex Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 359 Van Zandt CR 2141, CANTON, TEXAS, 75103
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing trash in a truck when his finger became caught in a pinch point between the cable and the truck, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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