# Amputations at Smyrna Ready Mix
> OSHA SIR `2022098007` · 9/9/2022 · SAN LEON, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Smyrna Ready Mix
- **Location:** 2702 Ave S, SAN LEON, TEXAS, 77539
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a clog in a butterfly valve when the valve closed on the employee's left hand, resulting in an amputation to the middle finger.

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