# Amputations at AmTex Machine Products, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020010829` · 1/25/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** AmTex Machine Products, Inc
- **Location:** 4517 Brittmoore Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee picked up a hopper with a front end loader. It became unstable and smashed his middle finger, causing an amputation at the end.

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