# Amputations at Mason Road Sheet Metal
> OSHA SIR `2016087551` · 8/12/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Mason Road Sheet Metal
- **Location:** 6450 Clara Road #190, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a sheet metal cutting machine when two fingers on his right hand were caught in a chain and sprocket, amputating his pointer and middle fingertips.

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