# Amputations at MWH Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065837` · 6/14/2018 · SHERMAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** MWH Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 243 Lacima Rd., SHERMAN, TEXAS, 75092
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a butterfly valve when a coworker turned on the pressure. The disc inside the butterfly valve then rotated and cut the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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