# Amputations at Dal Tile International
> OSHA SIR `2022087556` · 8/25/2022 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Dal Tile International
- **Location:** 12001 Railroad, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79934
- **NAICS:** 238340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a 2-by-4 lumber strip on a pallet. A press die was lowered onto the employee's right thumb, causing a crushing injury and a partial amputation.

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