# Amputations at MW Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109231` · 10/21/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** MW Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 7400 Pinemont, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 332613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinding machine to grind a metal bar. The part he was grinding flew out of the machine and the employee's right thumb was pulled into the grinder. The employee was hospitalized; his right thumb was later amputated.

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