# Amputations at American Bottling Company
> OSHA SIR `2022021703` · 2/23/2022 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grates
## Employer
- **Name:** American Bottling Company
- **Location:** 2304 Century Center Blvd, IRVING, TEXAS, 75062
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a drain grate when his right middle finger was pinched between two grates. As he pulled his hand away, a piece of flesh was removed just before the fingernail, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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