# Amputations at Masterduct Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118664` · 11/16/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Masterduct Inc.
- **Location:** 5235 Ted St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

He was making an adjustment to an extrusion machine puller, which allows the belt to go up and down, when his right middle finger got caught in the belt. His right middle fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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