# Amputations at Independent Wind Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2022087566` · 8/25/2022 · GOLDTHWAITE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Independent Wind Solutions
- **Location:** Goldthwaite Wind Farm, GOLDTHWAITE, TEXAS, 76844
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a metal bracket when their right little finger was pinched between the bracket and the blade stud, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.

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