# Amputations at AMCO Steel Fabrication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022119928` · 11/11/2022 · ELMENDORF, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** AMCO Steel Fabrication, LLC
- **Location:** 8051 S Loop 1604 E, ELMENDORF, TEXAS, 78112
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the throttle on the engine of a welding machine. The wind blew panels on the machine shut, and the employee's right hand contacted the blade of the engine's fan. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the index finger.

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