# Amputations at Universal Soil Drilling
> OSHA SIR `20181212743` · 12/12/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Soil Drilling
- **Location:** 1617 San Jacinto St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77002
- **NAICS:** 115112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a sampling tube from the soil extruder. During the extraction, the employee's left index and middle fingers were caught between the extruder and the tube resulting in partial amputations to both fingers.

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