# Amputations at American Electric Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2017109516` · 10/4/2017 · PITTSBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** American Electric Power Company
- **Location:** 1187 County Road 4865, PITTSBURG, TEXAS, 75686
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to grab a pipe that was laying on a gate roller when the gate door rolled over and amputated his thumb.

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