# Amputations at Puffer-Sweiven, LP
> OSHA SIR `2016087281` · 8/5/2016 · STAFFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Puffer-Sweiven, LP
- **Location:** 4230 Greenbriar Drive, STAFFORD, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a piece of metal in his hand and sanding the metal on a belt sander. The belt sander grabbed the piece of metal and pulled the employee's right hand in. His right thumb contacted the belt sander and was amputated.

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