# Amputations at Voith US VTI Houston
> OSHA SIR `2023032683` · 3/25/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Voith US VTI Houston
- **Location:** 6213 W Sam Houston Pkwy N, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a torque converter unit to remove a coupling hub using a hydraulic steel plunger and a hydraulic pump. As the employee relieved pressure in the pump, the hub released from the unit, crushing their left index finger between the hub and steel plunger's pushing disc. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

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