# Amputations at Priefert Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2016065485` · 6/21/2016 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Priefert Manufacturing
- **Location:** 2630 South Jefferson, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring tubing production at the end discharge point when his finger was caught by the discharge gate/table flap, amputating his fingertip.

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