# Amputations at Tesla Giga Texas
> OSHA SIR `2022087492` · 8/23/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tesla Giga Texas
- **Location:** 1 Tesla Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was performing work in the general assembly area. The employee was using a 2-ton hoist to lift a vehicle battery from a storage crate onto a transfer cart carrier. While lowering the battery onto the carrier, the employee's left ring finger was pinched between the battery and the carrier, 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*