# Amputations at SemaSys, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054996` · 5/22/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SemaSys, Inc.
- **Location:** 4701 Blalock, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee replaced the tape on a part that was going through a guillotine saw cutter. Afterward, the part would not come through the machine properly. As she was checking on the part, the saw blade came down and amputated her right index finger. The saw cutter was guarded at the time.

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