# Amputations at Flexmaster, U.S.A., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021087075` · 8/19/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexmaster, U.S.A., Inc.
- **Location:** 4545 Pine Timbers Ste. 324, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a piece of metal in a rotary machine when their glove got caught on the corner of the piece and the machine partially amputated their left index finger.

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