# Amputations at Taylor Publishing Company
> OSHA SIR `2023032842` · 3/30/2023 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Taylor Publishing Company
- **Location:** 1550 W. MOCKINGBIRD, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75235
- **NAICS:** 511130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cutting machine. It jammed. The employee was clearing the jam when the machine's blade amputated the tip of his thumb.

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