# Amputations at Mesa Machine Shop
> OSHA SIR `2022042994` · 4/4/2022 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Mesa Machine Shop
- **Location:** 8820 Texas 338 Loop, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79764
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a precision machine tool. The machine caught the employee's glove and pulled in the employee's right hand, resulting in the amputation of the middle finger.

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