# Amputations at StarPak LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221110453` · 11/30/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** StarPak LLC
- **Location:** 9690 W. Wingfoot Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing material from a dust collecting machine when their left hand was struck by the slide gate. They sustained a partial amputation of the left middle and index fingers.

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