# Amputations at Warren CAT Equipment Rentals
> OSHA SIR `2023043450` · 4/18/2023 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Warren CAT Equipment Rentals
- **Location:** 1101 Farm to Market Road 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79118
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing a customer load a rental skid steer and mower deck. The customer laid the mower deck on top of a D-ring and lowered the mower deck. It crushed the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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