# Amputations at AWC Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021097506` · 9/1/2021 · DEER PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** AWC Inc
- **Location:** 1102 W 8th street, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a 1-inch ball control valve when it caught and lacerated his left index finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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