# Amputations at Unique System, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076581` · 7/17/2017 · HOUSTON, 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:** Milling machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Unique System, LLC
- **Location:** 6534 Petropark Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a milling machine to make a metal part when a shaving from the part caught his glove and pulled his hand into the machine, amputating his right ring finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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