# Amputations at Invista S.A R.L.
> OSHA SIR `2017032076` · 3/6/2017 · VICTORIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
- **Source:** Turning handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Invista S.A R.L.
- **Location:** 2695 Old Bloomington Rd N, VICTORIA, TEXAS, 77905
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing bolts from a flange. One employee was loosening the bolts by hand and another employee was using a pneumatic socket wrench. The wrench has a bar that travels with it and the bar pinched the first employee's finger resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

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