# Amputations at GelPro
> OSHA SIR `2023065809` · 6/29/2023 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GelPro
- **Location:** 501 Precision Dr, WACO, TEXAS, 76710
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing extra foam from the mold in the machine when the machine opened automatically, amputating his middle finger.

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