# Amputations at Champion Fiberglass, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032624` · 3/22/2017 · SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Fiberglass, Inc.
- **Location:** 6400 Spring Stuebner Rd., SPRING, TEXAS, 77389
- **NAICS:** 335932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was winding fiberglass onto a spinning mandrel when his gloved right hand was caught by the fiberglass/mandrel and pulled into the winder. When he pulled his hand out, his middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

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