# Amputations at Behlen Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `20171110898` · 11/13/2017 · MC GREGOR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Behlen Manufacturing
- **Location:** 1221 E. McGregor Drive, MC GREGOR, TEXAS, 76657
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading tubing into a double bender when her left index finger was caught between the tubing and the die, amputating the fingertip.

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