# Amputations at Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2021054393` · 5/30/2021 · COPPELL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, L.P.
- **Location:** 1421 Beltline Dr., COPPELL, TEXAS, 75019
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mechanic was performing preventative maintenance on an automated plunger type valve. The air pressure on the valve released and the valve closed due to spring pressure on it. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught between the valve and its seat resulting in amputation.

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