# Amputations at Austin Industrial
> OSHA SIR `2016076432` · 7/16/2016 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
- **Secondary source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Industrial
- **Location:** 4903 Decker Dr., BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77520
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up for the day and was setting a metal shelving unit onto the bucket of a backhoe machine. The employee lost control of the shelf and it dropped, pinching his index finger between the bucket and shelf. The finger was amputated at the first joint.

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