# Amputations at MiTek USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043037` · 4/2/2020 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MiTek USA Inc.
- **Location:** 4001 Mark IV Parkway, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76106
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a self-piercing rivet machine when it struck her left middle finger, lacerating and crushing the fingertip resulting in amputation.

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