# Amputations at Insteel Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022076625` · 7/28/2022 · DAYTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Insteel Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 500 Klemp Rd, DAYTON, TEXAS, 77535
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a welding machine when they turned their head due to a tangled wire behind them. The employee's finger got caught between a clamp on the welding machine, resulting in a partial amputation.

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