# Amputations at Tideport Distributing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010179` · 1/8/2016 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Front and power shovels
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Tideport Distributing, Inc.
- **Location:** 16031 DeZavalla Road, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was maneuvering a fifth wheel plate onto the bucket of a front-end loader.  The employee and a coworker lost control of the plate, which fell flat.  As it fell, the employee's right middle finger got pinned between the top of the front-end loader bucket and the fifth wheel plate, amputating the tip.

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