# Amputations at Mohawk Laboratories
> OSHA SIR `2022065232` · 6/16/2022 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Mohawk Laboratories
- **Location:** 2730 Carl Road, IRVING, TEXAS, 75062
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to lift a jammed dock plate. The spring-loaded plate came down and struck the employee's fingertip, causing a partial amputation.

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