# Amputations at LeafGuard of Dallas
> OSHA SIR `2023043393` · 4/17/2023 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LeafGuard of Dallas
- **Location:** 1475 Avenue South, Suite 300, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a gutter fabrication machine when their finger was caught between the rollers. As the employee pulled his hand from the machine, his left middle fingertip was amputated.

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