# Amputations at Wisenbaker Builder Services
> OSHA SIR `20171010425` · 10/24/2017 · HILLSBORO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Wisenbaker Builder Services
- **Location:** 404 Hawkin St., HILLSBORO, TEXAS, 76645
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a joiner while wearing gloves when his glove was caught in the joiner. His finger was then pulled into the joiner, and his fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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