# Amputations at M and N Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098465` · 9/7/2016 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** M and N Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 7750 Trade Center Ave., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79912
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a collar on the shaft of a fixture on a machine when it energized. The employee's right thumb tip was caught between the collar and the shaft on the machine, requiring surgical amputation.

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