# Amputations at Gulf Coast Modification L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2019011049` · 1/29/2019 · 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Coast Modification L.P.
- **Location:** 7140 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was polishing a pipe with sandpaper. His right index finger was lodged in a hole in the pipe while it was turning and fractured. His finger was surgically amputated.

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