# Amputations at The Wellboss Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054125` · 5/8/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** The Wellboss Company, LLC
- **Location:** 12450 Cutten Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77066
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting to offload a steel bar following a filament strand on a winder machine. His right index finger contacted the rotating section of the machine and was amputated above the knuckle. The injury required surgery.

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