# Amputations at Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions
> OSHA SIR `20211211145` · 12/29/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions
- **Location:** 3333 Holly Hall St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77021
- **NAICS:** 238150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to dislodge fragments of glass from the conveyor of an insulated glass machine. The machine caught his left glove, causing the amputation of a fingertip.

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