# Amputations at Purina-Nestle Support Center
> OSHA SIR `2020065850` · 6/23/2020 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Purina-Nestle Support Center
- **Location:** 10360 Lake Bluff Drive, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63123
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to move a 96" X 4" X 7" C channel by hand on his fixture table. As he began to pull the C channel across his fixture table, his right thumb was pinched between a square hole in the fixture table and the C channel, resulting in a partial soft tissue amputation without bone loss of the fingerprint side of his right thumb.

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