# Amputations at WTG Gas Processing
> OSHA SIR `2015063376` · 6/3/2015 · STANTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WTG Gas Processing
- **Location:** 2718 CR 2500, STANTON, TEXAS, 79782
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 3 June 2015 at 0715 hrs an employee suffered an amputation of the distal portion of his middle phalanges left hand. The employee was attempting to replace a flange when the flange slipped and pinched his phalanges between it and the structure he was placing the flange on.

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