# Amputations at MAPEI CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016021790` · 2/13/2016 · GARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MAPEI CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1501 Wall St, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a boomerang machine caster. A support fell and pinched the employee's right index finger between the floor and the machine resulting in an amputation injury.

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