# Amputations at Trussway Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032268` · 3/11/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Roof trusses, joists
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Trussway Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 9411 Alcorn St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77093
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 11, 2017, an employee was guiding a finished roof truss down exit rollers past the finish press using a pivot pole as a guide. The employee's left ring finger was caught between the finished roof truss and the pivot pole, partially amputating the distal fingertip.

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