# Amputations at Valero McKee Refinery
> OSHA SIR `2018032495` · 3/13/2018 · SUNRAY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Valero McKee Refinery
- **Location:** 6701 FM 119, SUNRAY, TEXAS, 79086
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the sliding support on a trailer (150 pounds) when the employee's right index finger was caught between the slide and trailer, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.

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