# Amputations at CDI Energy Products
> OSHA SIR `2017099148` · 9/23/2017 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Putty knives
## Employer
- **Name:** CDI Energy Products
- **Location:** 8103 Rankin Rd., HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77396
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 23, 2017, at approximately 6:40 an employee was helping another employee to remove build up on an energized fabric cutter roller using a putty knife. The putty knife and the employee's hand were pulled into the knives, resulting in amputation of the distal tip of the right middle finger. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time.

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