# Amputations at Dickson Upholstery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019087893` · 8/1/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dickson Upholstery, LLC
- **Location:** 7171 Grand Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 811420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling cushions with blown polyester fiber. The employee's right hand was amputated in the machine's fiber opening drum.

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