# Amputations at AmeriTex Machine & Fab, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021331` · 2/12/2016 · WILLIS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Lathes, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AmeriTex Machine & Fab, LLC
- **Location:** 13391 E FM 1097 Rd, WILLIS, TEXAS, 77378
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a CNC lathe machine when the machine amputated his right index fingertip. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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