# Amputations at Tri-State Electric LTD
> OSHA SIR `2018055291` · 5/31/2018 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri-State Electric LTD
- **Location:** I-10 and Mesa Hills, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79902
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tread machine when it became stuck, causing the handle on the tread machine to spin and pinch the employee's left index finger between the machine and the bumper of the truck next to him, resulting in an amputation.

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