# Amputations at Probst Electric
> OSHA SIR `2021032076` · 3/9/2021 · ABBOTT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Probst Electric
- **Location:** Intersection of County Road 3165 and 3210, ABBOTT, TEXAS, 76621
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting an auger to a drill. The employee's right ring finger was caught in the pinch point between the auger and the hook on the service winch for the drill, causing a laceration to the finger and a partial amputation to the fingertip.

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