# Amputations at Western Extrusions Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021087060` · 8/19/2021 · CARROLLTON, 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:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
- **Secondary source:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Extrusions Corporation
- **Location:** 1735 Sandy Lake Road, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving metal billets onto a load table with an overhead crane. The employee's fingers were caught between two billets, causing the amputation of the right fourth and fifth fingers.

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