# Amputations at Romar Supply, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2017032345` · 3/14/2017 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Romar Supply, Incorporated
- **Location:** 2300 Carl Road, IRVING, TEXAS, 75062
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to build a turf roller when the employee's glove got caught between the shaft on the roller and the sand paper resulting in amputation of the left thumb.

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