# Amputations at Novolex Seals Company
> OSHA SIR `2020055013` · 5/30/2020 · FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Novolex Seals Company
- **Location:** 4555 Langland Road, FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS, 75244
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the roll on a winder machine when the employee's hand entered the machine to cut plastic, resulting in amputation of the right index finger.

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