# Amputations at Breaux Machine Works, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2015041760` · 4/6/2015 · TOMBALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Breaux Machine Works, L.P.
- **Location:** 13842 Hirschfield Rd., TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77377
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left index fingertip was amputated when he was removing a clamp from a part in the mill. The finger was pinched between the clamp and a bolt.

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