# Amputations at Optimized Process Designs, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021679` · 2/24/2021 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## 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:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Optimized Process Designs, LLC
- **Location:** 10207 FM 1942, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift operator was instructing another employee where to secure a load of pipe. A pipe in the load shifted, pinching the operator's thumb between the pipe and cab mounting bracket on the forklift. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right thumb above the top knuckle.

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