# Amputations at Sunstate Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2023021553` · 2/17/2023 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunstate Equipment
- **Location:** 16436 North IH35, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78728
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move skid steer plates when one plate shifted, crushing the employee's right index fingertip. The employee was taken to the hospital, where the fingertip was medically amputated.

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