# Amputations at Applied Materials Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018043350` · 4/8/2018 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Applied Materials Inc
- **Location:** 9700 US HWY 290 EAST, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78724
- **NAICS:** 334112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a ceramic ring that was stuck to a target when the lid came down and amputated his fingertip (no bone loss).

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