# Amputations at Mueller, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054735` · 5/9/2019 · BALLINGER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller, Inc.
- **Location:** 1915 Hutchins Ave, BALLINGER, TEXAS, 76821
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting small pieces of steel into an iron worker when the clamping mechanism activated and amputated a fingertip.

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