# Amputations at Circuit Breaker Sales and Repair, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043694` · 4/29/2022 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Circuit Breaker Sales and Repair, LLC
- **Location:** 1502 Old Underwood Road, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 334418
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reconditioning a circuit breaker. The mechanism caught the tip of his thumb and amputated it at the nail bed.

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