# Amputations at Windstream Communications, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181111328` · 11/2/2018 · SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** Windstream Communications, Inc
- **Location:** 8306 Hwy 90A, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, 77478
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping repair a gate when its pulley rolled onto his right hand. His middle finger was caught between the pulley and the road, and the tip was amputated.

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