# Amputations at SET Environmental, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032331` · 3/14/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SET Environmental, Inc.
- **Location:** 5738 Cheswood, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77087
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the valves from low-pressure cylinders when their left thumb was caught between the clamp of the cylinder valving machine and the inside guard of an empty cylinder. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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