# Amputations at Matheson Tri Gas
> OSHA SIR `20161212064` · 12/30/2016 · MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Matheson Tri Gas
- **Location:** 10430 Mula Rd, MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the cable on the electric hoist when his left index finger got caught up in the hoist cable and the fingertip was amputated.

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