# Amputations at Coverflex Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110156` · 11/18/2022 · RICHMOND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Coverflex Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 2500 Y.U. Jones Rd, RICHMOND, TEXAS, 77469
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 10-foot, 30-pound scaffold leg into a rack for loading. His right middle finger was crushed between the scaffold leg and the rack; he suffered an amputation to the finger.

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