# Amputations at National Trench Safety
> OSHA SIR `2022021503` · 2/16/2022 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Trench Safety
- **Location:** 12828 TX-105, CONROE, TEXAS, 77304
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually manipulating a pipe pulling machine when his left middle and ring fingers got caught between the inner post and the strut extension. His left middle and ring fingers were partially amputated.

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