# Amputations at Pinnacle Machine Works
> OSHA SIR `2018043839` · 4/21/2018 · HOUSTON, 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:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pinnacle Machine Works
- **Location:** 10521 SHELDON RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77044
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 21, 2018, at approximately 09:00 a.m., an employee was inspecting and rolling a 7" casing on a flat rack when the employee's right ring finger was smashed and amputated between two joints of pipe that another employee was rolling into position.

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