# Amputations at Curtis Wagner Plastics Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2019010411` · 1/14/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Curtis Wagner Plastics Corp.
- **Location:** 5630 Brystone Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a roller press cutting felt paper when the employee's left hand slipped and was caught between the upper roller and the cutting die, resulting in an amputation at the left wrist.

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