# Amputations at Puffer-Sweiven, LP
> OSHA SIR `2023021675` · 2/22/2023 · STAFFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Milling machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Puffer-Sweiven, LP
- **Location:** 4230 Greenbriar Drive, STAFFORD, TEXAS, 77477
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a milling machine. As the employee went to brush away metal shavings near the cutting tool, their glove became caught, resulting in an amputation of the top part of the left little finger.

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