# Amputations at Stripes LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109801` · 10/11/2017 · GEORGE WEST, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Stripes LLC
- **Location:** 1800 North Interstate 37, GEORGE WEST, TEXAS, 78022
- **NAICS:** 447110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to dispose of a wood pallet in a dumpster when his right index fingertip was caught and amputated between the wood pallet and the edge of the dumpster.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*