# Amputations at DHL Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `2023109915` · 10/26/2023 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Supply Chain
- **Location:** 9703 Hwy. 225, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring plastic pellets to a hopper. The valve shifted while the employee's hand was in the flow tube resulting in an amputation to the pad of the left middle finger.

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