# Amputations at Axion Structural Innovations LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076996` · 7/26/2017 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Axion Structural Innovations LLC
- **Location:** 501 Old Hewitt Road, WACO, TEXAS, 76712
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning shavings from a drill when a coworker pushed a rail tie down the rollers. The injured employee's left index fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between the tie and the drill.

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