# Amputations at Sabre Industries
> OSHA SIR `2023010291` · 1/10/2023 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Sabre Industries
- **Location:** 3575 Pollock Dr., CONROE, TEXAS, 77301
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing two pipes on a band saw. His right hand was placed between the pipes when the pressure switch was activated. The two pipes rolled together and the employee sustained an avulsion to right index finger, amputation of the right middle fingertip and distal finger fracture.

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