# Amputations at Howard McKinney Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015064020` · 6/23/2015 · COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard McKinney Inc.
- **Location:** Kyle Field, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, 77843
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting tools into a job box when another employee closed the lid, pinching his left middle fingertip in the handle, resulting in the tip being amputated up to the finger nail. The employee received stitches in the ER and was released on the same day.

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