# Amputations at Lamons Gasket
> OSHA SIR `20171211524` · 12/4/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Lamons Gasket
- **Location:** 7300 Airport Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a small bending machine to bend a stainless 1/4 inch wide by 8 feet long metal rod into a circle. He was routing the material into the rollers when his fingers were caught in the rollers, resulting in a right middle finger amputation, first index (nail section).

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