# Amputations at Interamerica Forwarding Company Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016076985` · 7/28/2016 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Interamerica Forwarding Company Inc
- **Location:** 1440 Maquila, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78045
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee amputated the right index fingertip when his finger was caught in a moveable platform hinge.

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