# Amputations at Elevate Windows & Doors
> OSHA SIR `2022031912` · 3/1/2022 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Elevate Windows & Doors
- **Location:** 1850 Westpark Drive, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding vinyl window frames on a vinyl welder. She was checking whether the parts were straight in the machine when the machine pinched her ring finger, partially amputating the tip.

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