# Amputations at Plastic Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021053954` · 5/13/2021 · MANSFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastic Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 E. Broad St., MANSFIELD, TEXAS, 76063
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/13/2021, an employee was operating the silk screen machine. The machine was running while she adjusted the wheel nut with a wrench. The slide activated to the right and amputated her right middle fingertip.

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