# Amputations at United States Gypsum Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019088015` · 8/5/2019 · GALENA PARK, 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:** Motors other than vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Gypsum Co.
- **Location:** 1201 MAYO SHELL ROAD, GALENA PARK, TEXAS, 77547
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing a motor from an overhead bracket and turned to lower it to the floor. As they were lowering it, one of the employees had his left middle finger caught and crushed between the motor and a 12-inch chute. The employee sustained amputation of the distal phalanx.

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