# Amputations at Lamons Gasket
> OSHA SIR `20181010396` · 10/8/2018 · 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Lamons Gasket
- **Location:** 7300 Airport Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was using a large bending machine to bend a 3/4-inch by 8-foot piece of metal. As he guided the piece through the rollers on the machine, his fingers were caught in the rollers and his left little finger was amputated.

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