# Amputations at Norris Cylinder Company
> OSHA SIR `2023032529` · 3/21/2023 · LONGVIEW, 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:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Norris Cylinder Company
- **Location:** 4818 West Loop 281, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75603
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee disassembled a lift magnet. When they pushed down on the socket wrench handle, the gap in the magnet frame closed on their left ring finger causing a partial amputation.

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