# Amputations at Wyman-Gordon Forgings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212775` · 12/12/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Wyman-Gordon Forgings, Inc.
- **Location:** 10825 Telge Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77095
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a 425-pound turbine disk into a crate for shipment. While attempting to position the turbine disk, the employee's right middle finger was caught in between a 2x4 inside the crate and the turbine disk. When the employee attempted to pull out the right middle finger, the right distal phalangeal tip was amputated.

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