# Amputations at Republic Bag Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2020043462` · 4/15/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Bag Manufacturing
- **Location:** 8419 Tewantin Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the film roller on a winder machine when the employee's left hand was pulled back into the winder, amputating her left middle finger.

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