# Amputations at BMC West, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111871` · 11/14/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BMC West, LLC
- **Location:** 16002 Tomball Parkway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77086
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was passing wood over a jointer when the tips of his fingers on his right hand became caught in the machine, resulting in the amputation of three middle fingertips.

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