# Amputations at Longwood Elastomers Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053804` · 5/5/2016 · BRENHAM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Longwood Elastomers Inc.
- **Location:** 1901 Longwood Drive, BRENHAM, TEXAS, 77833
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While holding a pipe by hand, an employee actuated a machine used to connect the pipe to a coupler. The employee's finger got caught between the pipe and coupler, amputating the right hand index finger down to the first knuckle.

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