# Amputations at Dial Electrical Controls of Houston, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054326` · 5/18/2022 · HOUSTON, 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Dial Electrical Controls of Houston, Inc.
- **Location:** 60 Rittenhouse Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77076
- **NAICS:** 335313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shearing machine. As he positioned a metal bracket to be cut, his hand slipped. The machine then activated and its blade amputated four fingers on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

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