# Amputations at Kroger Texas L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2016010382` · 1/14/2016 · GARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger Texas L.P.
- **Location:** 1406 West Walnut Street, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75042
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually pulling down the gate on a cardboard baler when the gate crushed the employee's left index fingertip.

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