# Amputations at Wyman Gordon Forgings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109408` · 10/5/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wyman Gordon Forgings, Inc.
- **Location:** 10825 Telge Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77095
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a knockout on a press die when a chain came loose. The employee's left ring finger was then pinched between the die stem and the die knockout, amputating the fingertip.

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