# Amputations at Tesla, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065426` · 6/21/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Tesla Rd., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the paint wastewater chemical storage room, positioning a chemical tote on a pallet. The tote shifted and caught his right middle fingertip against the pallet. The fingertip was amputated.

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