# Amputations at Tex-Trude, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087122` · 8/2/2016 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tex-Trude, Inc.
- **Location:** 2001 SHELDON RD., CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a plastic grinding machine. As he was attempting to dislodge a plastic piece in the machine, his left ring finger was caught between a belt and pulley, amputating the fingertip.

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