# Amputations at Omstede, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2018088259` · 8/13/2018 · LA PORTE, 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:** Reaming machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Omstede, Ltd.
- **Location:** 12415 Highway 225, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was supporting an approximately 20-foot-long rotating reaming device that was being run through heat exchanger baffle plates when his gloved hand contacted the rotating reamer at high speed. The reamer rotated his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

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