# Amputations at Franklin Valve LP
> OSHA SIR `2018043150` · 4/2/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Franklin Valve LP
- **Location:** 500 Northpark Central Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting a plug into a 12-inch valve when the tip of his gloved thumb was pinched between the plug and the body of the valve, resulting in a possible amputation.

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