# Amputations at Erect-A-Line Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017109787` · 10/11/2017 · DALLAS, 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:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Erect-A-Line Inc
- **Location:** 121 La Paz St, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75217
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a machine operator with a changeover on a side frame welder, which forms a J- or U-shaped wire and welds it onto two other wires. The wire was caught in a groove, and the machine was turned off to fix the wire. The employee's left middle finger was caught in a leg wire and pushed up into a support bracket, amputating it close to the base of his fingernail. His left index finger was lacerated.

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