# Amputations at Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010768` · 1/23/2020 · 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Whirlwind Steel Buildings, Inc.
- **Location:** 8234 Hanson Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77075
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pneumatic shear machine when his left thumb tip was caught in the shear, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.

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