# Amputations at Whitefield Plastics
> OSHA SIR `20181111577` · 11/9/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Whitefield Plastics
- **Location:** 2300 W Thorne Dr, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were doing maintenance work on a dust collector. One employee's right index finger was caught in a belt and pulley on the machine, and was amputated just below the nail bed. The machine was not locked out or guarded at the time.

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