# Amputations at Insteel Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054946` · 5/21/2018 · DAYTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Insteel Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 Klemp Rd., DAYTON, TEXAS, 77535
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/21/18, a maintenance employee was working on the back of a straight cut eight machine, troubleshooting the lights of a folding gate's sensor, when his right hand was placed on the folding gate. The folding gate then came down on his right middle finger and amputated his fingertip.

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