# Amputations at Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211210892` · 12/18/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC
- **Location:** 2420 Napoleon Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77004
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a transformer. The employee's left index finger was pinched between the transformer and another object. The fingertip was amputated.

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