# Amputations at Acuity Brands Lighting
> OSHA SIR `2019011099` · 1/30/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Acuity Brands Lighting
- **Location:** 2700 Esters Blvd, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 335122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance on the bottom part of a two-piece die. He then tried to install the top die but it was rotating. As he tried to stop it from rotating, his finger was caught between the arm of the die and the track, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

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