# Amputations at BLP Holdings, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065298` · 6/9/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** BLP Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** 7208 B Gessner Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping two bandsaw operators while they where installing a saw blade. The employee was adjusting the tracking on the bandsaw's right wheel when the operators tightened the tension on the saw blade. The employee's left thumb tip was then caught and partially amputated between the saw blade and the wheel.

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