# Amputations at Hilite International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042864` · 4/6/2016 · CARROLLTON, 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:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Hilite International, Inc.
- **Location:** 1671 South Broadway Street, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 336312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up and performing maintenance on a drilling machine with a panel removed. When the machine cycled, its table moved a plastic bin, which smashed the employee's finger between the bin and the ledge of the machine. The employee's left middle fingertip was partially amputated.

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