# Amputations at Ingenia Polymers
> OSHA SIR `2023065336` · 6/16/2023 · 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ingenia Polymers
- **Location:** 2222 Appelt Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a plastics handling machine trying to clear a clog on the nitrogen line. The grinding gears of the machine caught the employee's hand, causing an amputation of his left index finger at the first knuckle.

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