# Amputations at Mattress Firm, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032335` · 3/11/2020 · 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:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Mattress Firm, Inc.
- **Location:** 15872 Diplomatic Plaza Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 423210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tipping plastic recyclable materials from a rolling cart into a dumpster when their right middle finger was caught between the cart and the dumpster. The distal end of the finger was amputated.

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