# Amputations at Welded Tubes
> OSHA SIR `2015042423` · 4/28/2015 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Welded Tubes
- **Location:** 530 Steves Ave., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78204
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the process of putting pipe into a machine when a clamp caught his left index finger and removed his fingertip. The employee was treated at the hospital and released.

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