# Amputations at Norris Cylinder Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020077039` · 7/26/2020 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Norris Cylinder Inc
- **Location:** 4818 W Loop 281, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75603
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting limit switches using an electrical meter. One of the switches tripped and activated a magnet to retract, which caught his finger between the magnet and a switch bracket. His left pinky finger was partially amputated, below the first knuckle.

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