# Amputations at Reaction Group Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021053713` · 5/5/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Reaction Group Inc
- **Location:** 7300 Wingate Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77011
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a machine that filters concrete into smaller pieces by tapping the outside of a feeder box with a rubber mallet. He then opened the door at the bottom of the feeder box and was unclogging the filter when the rotating paddles amputated two of his fingers.

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