# Amputations at JS Structures Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019043996` · 4/18/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** JS Structures Inc
- **Location:** 1256 Brittmoore Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77043
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a seamer when it rolled over his right thumb, causing a partial amputation. The seamer was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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