# Amputations at TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION
> OSHA SIR `2018099694` · 9/19/2018 · 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:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION
- **Location:** 3101 HOLMES RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77051
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading a pipe on a CNC lathe. The machine activated while he was holding a piece of sand paper between the chuck and the pipe. His right middle finger was amputated.

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