# Amputations at Cactus Wellhead LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021086495` · 8/3/2021 · BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Cactus Wellhead LLC
- **Location:** 4117 Meadow Ln., BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machining mill. While loading a new piece of material into the machine, the employee brushed off metal shavings from the top of the machine and their left hand was caught between the piece of material and tailstock of the machine. Their left middle and index fingers were crushed and the middle finger required surgical amputation.

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