# Amputations at Artco-Bell Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022065300` · 6/17/2022 · TEMPLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Artco-Bell Corporation
- **Location:** 1302 Industrial Blvd, TEMPLE, TEXAS, 76504
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending a metal tube when his right middle finger got caught between the tube and the pressure die of the horn bending machine. The fingertip was amputated.

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